N. C. We'jievan CoMeiiR Library
Rocky iMouni, Nonh Caroima
THE WESLEYAN DECREE
Vol. 2, No. 11
Lecturer And
Painter Will
Visit Campus
Grant Reynard, widely-known
painter and lecturer, w-ll be a cam
pus visitor liere on Marcii 28-29.
He will be featured speaker in a
student convocation, g;ve a public
lecture, and speak to various
classes.
Born in Grand Island, N(ibraska,
the son of parents of unusual musi
cal talents. Grant Reynard devoted
his early life to the study of piano
and comiposition. When his love of
art and active interest in drawing
proved too strong to resist, he 're
linquished his music in favor of
art. He attended the Art Institute
and Academy in Chicago, ipainited
in France and England, and studied
the paintings, etchings and litho
graphy in the great art centers.
Reynard has presented seven
one-man shows in New York. Other
one-man exhibits have been in the
Adidison Gallery of American Art,
Joslyn Museum, High Huseum, Tul-
as University, and the University
of Nebraska. He is represented in
the permanent collections of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Fogg Museum at Harvard Univer
sity, and the Library of Congress,
among others.
He believes that an artist has a
talent perculiar to himself which
should be nurtured and developed
with specific care so that the proper
characteristics will find expression.
“Acquaint students with the tools
and the media, the traditions and
history of art,” he says, “But let’s
not insist as teachers (that we 'know
the best way to make art.”
In addition to his illustrated lec
tures, which include “Great Ameri
can Painters,” he will give a lec-
;ure-demonstration called “A Gra-
lOhic Analysis of Two Ways of
Painting.” On two canvases the art
ist will paint simultaneously a
traditional and abstract treatment
of the same susbject.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
March 14, 1962
Sophs And Frosh
Play Cage Match
The sopliomore boys have chal
lenged the freshmen boys to a
basketball game Friday night,
March 16, in the West Edgecombe
gymnasium at 8 p. m.
Sophomores are eager for a
chance to make up for their touch
football defeat last semester while
the freshmen are just as determin
ed to maintain their victory.
Coaching the sophomore and
freshmen teams respectively are
Coach Moe Bauer and Ron Sherron.
The college has hired some pro
fessional referees for the game.
THE HANDBOOK STAFF points
out the design of the new Hand
book for 1962-63.
Music Program
Presented Here
Willis Gates, violinist, and James
Murdock, pianist, presented a pro
gram of sonatas by Bach, Beetho
ven, and Stravinsky in Garber
Chapel last night at 8:15 p. m.
Dr. Gates is from Pennsylvania.
At present he is Professor of Music
at Methodist College in Fayette
ville. He is also conductor of the
Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra.
•lames Murdock is a native of
California. He is presently station
ed at Fort Bragg, attached to the
440th Army Band. He has been
director of the STRAC Chorus and
was musical director of the pro
duction, “Pajama Game.”
Englishman, German
Speak At Vespers
Norman Lee, plastics engineer
and resident of Tarboro, was the
featured guest speaker at vespers
last Sunday night in the Trustees’
Lounge. Lee, an Englishman, spoke
to the group on the topic, “Ameri
ca From The English Point Of
View.”
“Most Americans,” said Lee,
“have no idea how they are looked
upon by foreigners. Tlie feeling
most of the English have for
Americans is not friendly at all,
especially toward the American
tourist, who will, while lounging
in a bar and smoking a long cigar,
try to be obviously over-friendly to
the local citizens. But most of this
iU feeling, Lee stated, is due to
lack of communications and under
standing of a personal nature.
“And it is up to us to do something
to correct the situation.”
Visiting with Lee and taking part
in the program was Hank Huigens-
piele from West Germany. Hank
Staff Says Thanks
The staff would like to express
its appreciation for the fine co
operation and manner in which
the students have helped to make
our high school week ends a su-
cess. We realize at times the vis
itors have been somewhat of a
burden to the student botdy.
The overall purpose, however,
has been to try to acquaint pro
spective Wesleyan students with
our college atmosphere and we
believe that we have been suc
cessful.
NEWS BRIEFS
Dean Hits The Road
Dean Moore left this morning on
a trip to recruit teachers for next
semester. He will visit various
cities such as Nashville, Tennessee;
Little Rock, Arkansas; Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma and Chicago, Ill
inois.
Sweat Shirts
The Athletic Commission has re
ceived the second shipment of Wes
leyan sweat shirts. Unlike the first
shipment of blue on white, these
are white on blue. They are now
on sale in the Athletic Office in the
Student Union. See Jimmy John
ston, chairman of the Athletic
Commission, for further informa
tion.
Freshman Experiences
Freshman Betty Carol Spain, in
collaboration with Carl Helwig, has
written an article on her experi
ences as a freshman English stu
dent. The article has been accept
ed for pulblication in the Quill and
Scoll, a magazine directed to high
school students.
Poetics
In our English Deipartment here
at Wesleyan we have an industrious
poet, Carl Helwig. All of his stu
dents are ifamiliar with his unique
poem:
Grass is here
Grass is there
Grass is everywhere.
Well, Helwig has studied his mas
terpiece and decided under careful
scrutiny that it needed revising and
expand'ing. Here is what he came
up with:
Grass is here
Grass is there
Grass is everywhere.
Bear, don’t sit there
For grass will ever wear.
lias been in the United States since
November. He will spend ifour
months in North Carolina and one
week in Rocky Mount. He is in this
country on a National Journalism
Excliange program.
Many questions were raised by
students concerning things of na
tional importance. The Berlin crisis
v/as discussed, and Hank gave a
picture of what has been happen
ing behind the scenes in Germany.
Then the conversation switched to
Literature. It was surprising to dis
cover that the Germans recognize
only a few American authoirs. Whit
man, Poe, and Mark Twain were
among Hank’s favorites.
Lee and Hank both agreed that
the sensational, best sellers charac
teristic of many American novels
read abroad, along with the motion
picture industry, had a definite ef
fect on the picture being painted
abroad of the American way of
life.
Annual Elections
Slated in April
Tlie Elections Committee wishes
to remind the Student Body that
the annual all-college elections of
Student Government Association of
ficers and class officers for the
1962-63 college year will be held
in A(pril.
We wo.;ld like to encourage all
students to give careful and serious
consideration to those that they
would like to nominate for these
important offices.
Watch the bulletin boards and
The Decree for a list of students
eligible for offices and for the
official dates of the nominations,
campaign period, election and pos-
silble irun-off elections.
This year anyone who desires an
office, such as editor of the news
paper, may submit his name for
consideration.
St. Patrick’s Day
Dance Is Scheduled
There will be a semi-formal St.
Patrick’s dance in the Student Un
ion Building Saturday night, March
17, ifrom 8 to 11:30 p. :m.
The Student Union will be decor
ated with shamrocks, harps, and
leprechauns in a true Irish fashion.
Appropriate refreshments will be
served.
The music wiU toe provided by the
“Swing Shifters” from State Col
lege.