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THE DECREE
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1975
To Rush Or Not?
NCWC Honor Code
It’s almost that time again and everybody in one of the
Greek systems is hurrjdng around making last minute
preparations for the biggest and longest social event on
Wesleyan’s campus, Rush Week. It’s the time when all the
freshmen and transfers and a few upperclassmen must
decide whether or not they want to commit themselves to
any particular system, become a member of the Wesleyan
Sooner Club, or remain a GDI. Each individual should
decide what each of the Greeks have to offer him and what
he can offer the system.
This week will be one that students will not forget for a
long time. It will be a time when classes might as well be
cancelled, Greeks will be speaking to people they never
knew existed before, and alcohol will be consumed like
water. It will be a time when Wesleyan will sport that
University look and everybody will be playing “Joe Cool”
and “Mr. Nice Guy.” So watch out!
Fraternities and Sororities play a valuable part on the
Wesleyan Campus and sometimes provide the only source
of social life on campus the time is now, so think about it
and answer the big question for yourself, “To rush, or not
to rush?”
OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Susan Kelly
ASSISTANT EDITOR AnnaGalfano
FEATURE EDITOR Kevin Kilroy
ADVERTISING MGR Karla Hampton
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Sports Writers Willie Pridgen,
Kevin Kilroy
Office Assistant Sterling Bodenhamer
Staff Advisor Mr. Charles Rogers
Business Address: Box 358, Wesleyan College
Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801
Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent
Those Of Wesleyan College
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summons rendered, the trial
shall be set by the chairman at
the earliest practical date.
IV. The defendant shall have
the right to have student
counsel and to call witnesses in
his own behalf.
V. The trial will be conducted
according to fair and equitable
procedures but will not be
bound by common law rules of
evidence or procedure. The
proceedings of all trials will be
held in strict secrecy.
VI. After all evidence has
been heard, the Judiciary
Council shall then meet in
executive session with the
faculty adviser to consider and
determine the verdict and
penalties, if any, to be imposed.
VII. The decision shall be de
livered by the chairman orally
to the court and then in writing
to the Dean of Students and the
defendant.
VIII. A violation of the Honor
Code may be punished by
dismissal from the college,
either permanently or for a
stated period. This penalty may
be reduced when, in the opinion
of the Council, conclusive rea
sons for doing so exist. Lesser
penalties include a letter of
reprimand or loss of credit in a
course.
IX. All records of a trial are
confidential and become the
property of the Dean of
Students’ office.
VOTING
All voting will be done by
secret ballot. Four-fifths (4/5)
of the Judiciary Council must
agree on the guilt of the
defendant. Three-fifths (3/5) of
the Judiciary Council must
agree on the punishment.
AMENDMENTS
Amendment of the Honor
Code requires a three-fourths
(3/4) vote of the Honor Council
and a majority of the student
body.
PLEDGE
“I have read the Honor Code
of North Carolina Wesleyan
College. I understand it and
agree to abide by it and all of its
proceedings throughout my
tenure at this institution.”
TheTS Era to 2.000 A.D.
(NEWS OF EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY)
HYbRoSBT
Non-Fossil Fuel Researcn
Development of a practical hy
drogen car, first proposed 50 years
ago, is now getting a serious try
out at UCLA under the double spur
of the energy and pollution crises.
Financed through a $60,000 con
tract with the U.S. Department of
Transportation, a one-year study
will probe the technical, economic,
design and environmental prob
lems and benefits involved in
fueling motor vehicles with hydro
gen instead of gasoline.
The advantages of hydrogen as
a fuel are considerable. It’s prac
tically non-polluting, burning
cleaning and rapidly, and can be
produced from sea water and
through coal gasification. The po
tential supply is just about un
limited.
The main obstacle to mass use
of a hydrogen car is storage - how
to compress enough hydrogen into
a fuel tank to give the car a nor
mal cruising range of about 200
miles per refill or recharge.
A chemical engineer at UC Santa
Barbat-a is also at work on the
problems of hydrogen fuel. Dr.
Robert G. Rinker, chairman of the
Department of Chemical and Nu
clear Engineering, is seeking a
more efficient way to produce hy
drogen for use as fuel. Supported
by a $45,000 National Science
Foundation grant and aided by
two Ph.D. students, Rinker is ex
perimenting with a water-gas shift
reaction in an autothermal reactor.
He is attempting to control the
autothermal reacot in order to in
crease the yield of hydrogen.
Notice
The opinions expresed in articles pertaining to Greek
systems are not necessarily those of the staff or editors of
the Decree or those of the college in general. The stories
were prepared by each respective organization. The
Decree gave equal space to each and the layout is in
alphabetical order with the exception of the sororities,
which are on page four together. Also it should be known
that the pictures used do not necessarily represent the
entire greek system at present.
ALPHA DELTA CHI
The proper way to tell
anyone what a Chi is is simply
to do it by definition. The wife
of a Brother g^ives this one.
Between the absurdness of
early adolescence and the dig
nity of full manhood, one finds
the creature known as the
Alpha Delta Chi. He comes in
various sizes, weights, and
ages, but all seem to have the
same goal—to enjoy every
second of every minute of every
hour of every day; to excel in
academic, athletic, and social
life; to anticipate forthcoming
weekends: to engage in all
night bull sessions; to do the
right thing at the wrong time
and the wrong thing at the
right time; to complain in
cessantly; and to work together
in a brotherhood that each
would fight to a dying breath to
^efend.
The Alpha Delta Chi is found
everywhere—on campus and
off, on the floor, on tables up
and down steps, piling books
here and there, sprawled in
front of the color TV, playing
cards, practicing for intra
murals, at “Macks,” heading for
the beach, or sleeping 15 hours
straight.
The Alpha Delta Chi is truth
with lipstick on his collar;
beauty adulterated only by a
sweat-shirt and jeans; wisdom
with a beer in his hands; hope
for the future with a date on his
arm.
He is a composite—he has the
energy of a pocket size atomic
bomb, the irresponsibility of an
overnight guest, the curiosity
of a cat, the lungs of a dictator,
the enthusiasm of an evange
list, the ability of a decathalon
star, the desire of a corporation
president, the friendliness of a
minister, the ingenuity of an
inventor, and the ego of the
most conceited person in the
world—for he is!
... He likes girls, cars,
parties, first place, girls, as
little work as possible, beer,
unlimited cuts, week-end trips,
girls, all day and all night beach
parties, and his brothers Across
the country.
He is not much for blind
dates, studying, common foods,
getting up early, going to bed
early, and “Dear John” letters.
The Chi’s are a conglomeration
of all sorts of characters—po
liticians, brains, jocks, exjocks,
hell-raisers, lovers, and those
that feel they can be all of
these. Mothers love them, fa
thers finance them, other
fraternities envy them, broads
glorify and cuddle up to them.
Heaven protects them, and the
rest are unsure.
No one else is quite so at
tractive and yet so unaware of
it. Nobody else gets so many
chuckles out of a joke or the
boob-tube. Nobody can eat as
much, drink as much, date as
much, sleep as much, cram as
much, and enjoy life as much.
No matter what his mood
or motive he can melt a girl
with, “Will you wear my “Pin?”
He is constantly looking for
other men who possess a char
acter strong enough to merit
being a CHI, and in so doing he
allows a few more to learn the
wonderful world of an Alpha
Delta Chi.
Barbara J. Dixon
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