September 27, 1961 NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Pag:e 3 s Have Numerous Recreational Opportunities Iwi * Community Urged To Be ^Responsive ’ Rev. Leon Russell, speaking at the opening worship convocation on the campus, urged the Wesleyan College community to be “respon sive to their responsibility.” Approximately 400 students, pro fessors, and friends of the college gathered in the improvised chapel within the new Cafeteria Building to share in the opening worship service. Rev. Russell is pastor of Front Street Methodist Church in Burling ton. He spoke from the text, “This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light.” He lamented the fact many are not willing to see or accept responsi bility. “Many others,” he said, “see and are not responsive. The only way we at Wesleyan can pay our debt to all who have made this college possible is to be responsive to our opportunities for knowledge.” Meeting Scheduled Wednesday On Intramural Sports Program A program of intramural sports for Wesleyan Students is in pro gress. According to Dr. Raymond Bauer, head of the Physical Edu cation Department, the program will allow participation in the fol lowing: tag football, basketball, volley ball, horse shoes, ping pong, tennis and softball. A meeting is scheduled for Wed nesday at 12:00 at which time stu dents can sign up to participate. Ten Must Sign Teams will be formed provided that ten students sign up for a team. The team scoring the largest number of points will be awarded individual trophies at the end of the school year. The purpose of the new intramur al sports program on campus, as stated by Coach Bauer, is to “in volve all students in physical acti vity after the school day has end ed.” Play will begin next week in touch football. All boys interested in playing on a team should plan to participate in the intramural program. An unlimited number of teams can be formed. Instruction wUl be given in the various sports activi ties. AU students are urged by the Physical Education Department to take an active part in the intramur al program. Favorite Pastime Among America’s favorite pas times, sports rank first. They are an intrinsic part of our democratic heritage. Just as we have adopted the form of government instituted by the Greeks years before Christ, so have we adopted their love of games. This competitive spirit is so much a part of the American makeup that we have founded our entire economic system upon it. We are a nation of individualists, and in this modern, highly organiz ed world of specialization, we often find it necessary to assent that in dividuality. There are different methods of accomplishing such a task and we feel that sports, whether one is a participant directly or indirectly, is the answer to which thousands of Americans turn. Not only can sports aid us as in dividuals but as societies endeavor ing to live together harmoniously. Student Newspaper Will Publish Ads Plans are being made to carry commercial advertising in the niext edition of the student newspaper, which is scheduled for publication October 11. The staff was handicapped in th« preparation of this edition due to the limited number of students available for work, and there was not sufficient time to solicit adver tising.

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