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THE DECREE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1871
Faculty Division
It seems to us a tragedy that the students of Wes
leyan College allowed themselves to be divided into
two factions during last week’s Academic Councilelec-
tions. We refer specifically to the development of
so-called liberation and conservative connotations at
tached to the candidates. For those of us who are
truly aware of the situation feel that the division
and enmity generated by the spirit of the campaign
■will hamper the progress that the Council might make
in drawing up the guidelines for Curriculum III. We
admit, however, that division and open argument
are often necessary to the expression of all opinions
on any given issue, but if two sides polarize into
fighting factions, no matter what their names, those of
us that retain our integrity and sanity must speak out
and object,
A few questions should be asked at this point;
1) What does one mean by the terms liberal and
conservative?
2) Who designed these terms or labels? Were they
designed by responsible, Independent members of the
student body or a small group of faculty and admini
strative leaders determined that their will shall been
done?
3) Are we, students of Wesleyan, going to stand
quietly by while we continue to be divided and weaken
ed further bythe faculty’s inability to resolve their own
differences?
We have allowed our divided faculty to polarize
us into partisan groups, each bitterly denouncing the
other in the secret recesses of the dormitory, cafe
teria, and library. Will we find academic excellence
in this manner?
We doubt it seriously. Let us unite, even if the fa
culty cannot, to lift our three-track curriculum above
the growling of our fellows, Letustry to be educated.
Social Revision
In response to the letter from Mr. Hardison which
appears in this week’s “Dear Chief” column, we wouM
like to offer the following comments and suggestions.
First, we appreciate this explanation of the functions
which the Social Commission has planned and the ex
penditures already made. It should now be clear to
the student body why the commission does not sponsor
events more frequently. Second, we feel that a small
admissions charge should be applied to the Home
coming Dance and the Hes of March Concert, This
should be a normal fee based on individualadmission,
and should not be construed as a profit-making ef
fort, It shouW, however, provide the Commission with
more money to allocate for the Spring Formal and
other second semester events.
Third, we feel that refreshments and decorations
are essential to functions sponsored by the Social
Commission, because these events should be the finest
of the school year. However, if the Commission lacks
the resources needed for these items, perhaps some
campus organization(s) would be willing to assume
the cost, if properly recognized for their efforts.
And last, we sympathize with the Commission chair
men for their lack of support by the students. Rit
as everyone knows, there are approximately forty stu
dents who coordinate and participate in all extracur
ricular activities, so interested students with time to
spare are rare. Therefore, we support your thoughts
on regards to manpower efforts by Greek and other
campus organizations, and we feel that these organi
zations would be more than wlllingtohe^. Of course,
the support which is needed most is the moral sup
port of the student body, and we feel that your letter
informing the students of the Commission’s activities,
has helped to stimulate the needed interest.
Convocation -- October 21
Our guest speaker for Convocation on Thursday,
October 21, 1971, at 11:00 A.M. will be the Honor
able Howard Lee, Mayor of Chapel Hill North Caro
lina, Mr. Lee will speak on “The Death of Compas
sion: The need for new priorities in America,”
This is the second Convocation devoted to the theme
“Love and Death in America,”
Dear Chief ...
Dear Chief;
I would like to discard my
post as columnist for a mo
ment and instead write both a
personal letter to you as friend
and editor and at the same
time write an open letter to the
student body and faculty in my
capacity as co-chairman of the
Wesleyan Social Commission.
My intent is multiple. I would
like to present a statement con
cerning the state of the social
commission and at the same
time introduce the commission
to the students. I would also
Uke to announce plans already
made by the commission and
quell a rumor or two. Actua
lly, all of the above relates
to our commission’s “state.”
To begin with, many times
students find fault with this
commission of the SGA because
there are only a few func
tions during the entire year
which we sponsor. Plainly, the
Social Commission of our sc
hool can only afford a few func
tions, The SGA budget for
this year included $5,800 for
use by this commission. Tliat
kind of cash buys a great deal
of beer . . . but top quality en
tertainment does not come
cheap. Thus I would have to
say that the state of the social
commission is perhaps dire as
far as capita L Be that as it
may, I sincerely believe that
Helen Steiner (co-chairman),
Mrs. Alexander (administrative
The Senate met this week,
and the order of business in
cluded a report from the Food
Services Committee, The Food
Services Committee reported
that a number of complaints and
suggestions had been turned in.
It was suggested that the cafe
teria breakfast hours be ex
tended to 9:00 to allow those
without an 8:30 class to eat. A
suggestion box will be placed in
a convenient location in the
cafeteria to allow the students
to voice their opinions. A
complaint came from students
diets. They are forced to eat
the food provided or eat off
campus and forfeit the meals
they have paid for. It was
suggested that these people sub
mit their diet requirements so
that the cafeteria could pro
vide a meal choice within the
limitations of their particular
diet. Also suggested were ways
to make the cafeteria more re
laxing to eat in. Among these
ways were a rearrangement of
the furniture, additional paint
ings on the walls, and piping in
music of a relaxing nature.
The school spirit committee
reported that in distributing the
Senate Minutes, copies would
be mailed to the Alumni As
sociations to keep them up to
date on issues on campus and
allow them to voice an opinion
on these Issues.
The Projects Committee re
ported that the faculty evalua
tion forms would probably be
ready for distribution on or
about November 15.
The Grievance Committee
reported on the grievances they
had received. They are as
follows: 1) The problem of
maid service in the girls’ dorms
was discussed and suggestions
made. 2) It was susggested that
phones be placed on both ends
advisor), and I have so far done
the best possible job in trying
to bring top-quality entertain
ment to the Wesleyan commu
nity. What we have accomplis
hed thus far concerns the an
nual Homecoming celebration
and a concert. At a later time,
we shall concern ourselves with
the Spring Formal. As for
Homecoming, we have booked a
group from Atlanta, Georgia
the “Liberation” which con
sists of eight members. This
Is a brass band with two drum
mers and should prove to be
most enjoyable in that their re
pertoire reaches from Chicago
to Crosby, Stills, and Nash,
They have played many times
at UNC.-Charlottetoenthusias-
tlc crowds.
Ides Of March
The cost of contracting this
band is $1,000, Many commit
tees are also being formed to
handle refreshments, the court,
set-up, etc. As for the con-
cert, “The Ides of March”,
recording artists, have been
contracted, I have seen this
group in person and can honest
ly say that their showmanship
and the quality of their music
makes them the most enjoyable
act I have seen in quite awhile.
The cost of contracting
“March” is $3,000 and they
will be presented In blanket
concert on Jan. 14,
It is rumored that the Al-
of the resident halls for con
venience, The residence halls
wouM pay for the installation of
these telephones out of the dorm
fund. 3) The Freshman girls
requested that they be given
the same rights as the upper
class girls. The request in
question concerned late per
mission granted the upper
classmen but not the Frosh,
4) It was suggested that money
changers be put in the dorms to
provide change for the phones,
washing machines and driers,
and machines in the snackbars.
Election procedures were
discussed. Among the proce
dures discussed were Simple
majority. Plurality and the No
minating Ballot. The Nominat
ing Ballot is blank and the vot-
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mann Brothers may be ap
pearing here. As far as the So
cial Commission Is concerned
there are no plans to that ef
fect at this time, but any group
of persons or organization who
has the resources has our pled
ge of help. The Spring Formal
has not been discussed and n'o
band has been contracted be
cause I feel It is too early in
light of the fact that we have
no idea how much money the
commission will have at its dis
posal for the second semester.
Commission Needs
Financial Help
Now you can see why it is
my opinion that the SocialCom-
mission is in dire straits, at
least financially. We have al
ready spent $4,000 of our budget
and have yet to incur expenses
for advertisements, tickets,
the cost of setting up lights for
the concert, refreshments, de
corations, and much much
more. So what I propose is
this: I would like to see de
corations and refreshments at
Social Commission functions
held to a minimum this year.
Most of us don’t go to dances
to see paper flowers and eat
ham biscuits. We go to dance
and to see and hear Interesting
performers. Also I propose
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