NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
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Permit No. 217
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Non-Profit Organization
VOLUME XII NUMBER 14
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1971
Dean Asks For
Co-Operation
On Tuesday, January 19 at
6:45, the Rocky Mount Cham
ber of Commerce will hold
a banquet in the N. C. Wesley
an cafeteria. This banquet
will consist of approximately
400 persons who will be eating
by candlelight with tablecloths.
Dean of Students AllenCordts
has asked that all students be
understanding and help in any
way possible during the banquet.
Students will be served between
the hours of 4:30 and 5:30 and
may be seated in the north end
of the cafeteria, the snack bar
and the faculty lounge.
Ed Gunter, President of the
Senate asked that the cafeteria
serve a regular meal on Sun
day evening rather than the
usual picnic supper since the
students will receive this type
of meal on Tuesday night. Fly
ers will be placed in student
mailboxes on Monday in or
der to remind the students of
these plans and to solicit their
help and understai^ing.
Ousting Of Profs Protested;
Students Rally In Defense
By JULIE ROBINSON
Student interest and indig
nation was aroused this week
as students learned of the ad
ministration’s decision not to
renew the contracts of two Hu
manities instructors. Mrs,
Ruth Smith of the English De
partment, and Mrs. Jean Mann
of the French Department have
been emploj^ed at Wesleyan for
the past three years, but were
informed prior to the Christ
mas break that they would not
be rehired for the next year.
Administrative officials cited
as reason the drop in enroll
ment and the financial crisis.
Many humanities majors wrote
letters protesting the dismis
sal to Division Chairman Dr.
Jack Teagarden, asking that
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IFC Finishes Rush,
Bids Are Now Out
The brotherhoods of Alpha
Delta Chi and Nu Gamma Phi
along with the Pi Epsilon sis
terhood completed Rush Week
and are beginning their respec
tive pledge periods beginning
tomorrow. During the Rush
periods each fraternity and the
sorority held numerous parties
designed to establish fellowship
with the prospective pledges.
The rushees were shown the re
spective lounges, greeted by the
brothers and sisters, and shown
v/hat the social aspects of the
Inter-Fraternity Council.
Rush Period was concluded
on January 15 and today bids
have been sent out to the var
ious rushees inviting them to
associate themselves with the
organization that they may
choose. During the period af
ter the bids go out and before
the bids are turned in, no bro
ther or sister may discuss the
matter of membership with a
rushees. This period is
known as the “silent period”.
Mr. Lowenthal’s office serves
as the Inter-Fraternity Coun
cil’s headquarters for accep
tance of the bids. These bids
must be returned to Mr. Lo-
wenthal by 5:00 p.m. on Tues
day, January 19.
Bennett Connley is currently
serving as the pledgemaster for
Alpha Delta Chi. In discussing
the matter of pledge period, he
stated that his brotherhood
planned exchanges with the Al
pha Delta Chi brotherhood in
Frostburg, Md., and a special
service project for the school.
He stated that he hoped that the
pledges would help to improve
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something be done to insure the
positions of Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Mann. Dr. Teagardenre-
sponded to the letters saying
that funds were not available to
offer the teachers contracts for
1971-72, but should enrollment
rise sharply or should funds be
come available, that he would
join with students in urging
tlie issue of contracts to them.
Doug Kozlowski, a senior of
South Hall, presented the issue
to the Senate Monday night and
secured the Senate’s endorse
ment of a petition which has
since been signed by a large
number of students. The peti
tion stated that the dismissal
of the two instructors would
lower the academic standards of
Wesleyan College, and suggest
ed that the administration re
consider the issue.
At this writing, the students
planned to present the petition
and the justification for their
concern to President Collins
on Friday or Monday.
Student concern was based
prim'ariiy. on the belief that the
ousting of those two particular
instructors would result in aca
demic crisis within the two
departments. For example,
without Mrs. Mann, the French
Department will have only one
full-time instructor, Mr. Price.
Mr. Sturgil of the Spanish De
partment will teach both French
and Spanish, leaving both de
partments with only one and
dhe-half professors.
The English Department,
which is one of the largest in
the school, now included five
members. The administration
cited this as a reason for choo
sing to eliminate a member of
that department. Much support
for the renewal of Mrs. Smith’s
contract came from junior and
senior English majors, who had
studied under her in English 11
and 12.
Students began to speculate
when the administration failed
to give any more explicit rea
sons that financial and enroll
ment for choosing Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. Mann.
Many felt their departments
were seriously jeoparized by
the possibility of this loss,
and questioned the reasoning
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Blood Drive Announced
The. Wesleyan Activists, a
campus male honorary society,
recently announced plans to
sponsor the Tidewater Blood-
mobile at Wesleyan. Working
with the Tidewater Regional
Red Cross and the college pub
lic relation’s bureau, the Ac
tivists will bring the bloodmo-
bile to the campus on Wednes
day, March 10. Bill Brantley
president of the society, has
set the necessary goal of 155
pints to be obtained through stu
dent donations. All members
of the college community are
urged to contribute.
Wesleyan has been entered
into competition with other col
leges throughout tiie Tidewater
Maid^s House Burns
Student Aid Planned
By ED TRIPP
There are people on Wes-
leyan’s campus whose work is
often overlooked. People such
as grounds keepers, janitors
and maids all make daily life a
little more pleasant, yet we
rarely have the opportunity to
show our gratitude. One such
person, known to all as Emma,
works as a maid in Nash Hall.
Emma’s house recently burned
to the ground, leaving her with
only the clothes she was wear
ing.
Last Monday Nash Hall held
a dorm council meeting where
plans were made for a relief
fund. It was decided that Nash
Hall should give Emma $50
from the dorm fund. North Hall
voted to donate $25. A col
lection was made outside the
cafeteria on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday and the Ju
nior class is sponsoring a con
test whose proceeds will go to
Emma. However, the job is not
finished. Food, clothing and
furniture are still needed. For
those wishing to contribute
clothing, Emma’s dress size is
18 and her shoe size is 9b.
If you feel the need to show
your appreciation, or if you just
feel like helping you may con
tact one of the following people:
Barbara Huges, Diane Lawler,
Junes Hawes, Nina Clements,
Ann Simpson, Tricia Nickins or
Pamela Walton.
region. An award will be given
to the college which has the
highest percentage of student
donors. Miss Homes, of the
public relation’s office, com
mented, “Due to our tightly-
knit college community and the
fact that the award is granted
on a percentage basis, I feel
that Wesleyan has a fine chance
of being the winner.”
The Activists will grant an
award to the campus organiza
tion which responds with the
highest percentage of donors.
Ample facilities will be provid
ed for students to “sign-up”
and either pledge (21 years
and over) or indicate awinning-
ness to donate (under 21). In
the latter case, parental con
sent forms will be mailed out
by the college. Most students
will be contacted either by
means of dormitory meetings
or through various school or
ganizations.
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