The WesicuAn Bccvtc
VOL. 3, NO. 16
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., MAY 22, 1963
bi-weekly—$2.00 YEARLY
AWARDS PRESENTED AT CONVOCATION
Student Achievement Is Cited;
Mrs. Felton Gets Top Trophy
GARY M. GARLOW
JOAN LAMBERTH
Eight $1,800 Wesleyan
Awards Given To Frosh
Wesleyan climaxed its third
year of operation with tlie
annual Honors Award Convo
cation yesterday.
Dr. William Friday, presi
dent of the University of
North Carolina, adcU'essed stu
dents and guests of the Col
lege at the 10:30 Convocation.
He was introduced by Thomas
J. Pearsall of Rocky Mount,
trustee of both Wesleyan Col
lege and the University of
Nortli Carolina.
The Convocation, held in
the Student Union Building,
honored outstanding student
achievement for the year.
The top trophy for Outstand
ing Academic Achievement
was awarded to Mrs. Gayle
C. Felton.
The College recently an
nounced eight winners of the
Wesleyan Award Scliolarships,
valued at $1,800 each. This
represents a four-year award
for the recipients at $450 each
year.
The winners are: Patricia
Ann Williams of Rocky Mount;
Betty Alice Bridgers of Elm
City; Joyce Ruth Reynolds
of West End: Carol E. Brown
of Hobbsville; Mary Patricia
Elam of Alexandria, Virginia;
Janet Marie Keyes of Merri-
mac, Massachusetts; Gary Al
fred Barteau of Alexander,
New York; and Lynda Jean
Johnson of Newfield, New
York.
Tlie Wesleyan Awards are
awarded on a competitive
basis, and more than 100 ap
plicants were tested from a
wide area. The awards are
based upon ischolastic ability,
leadership capacity, and fi
nancial need.
Miss Patricia Ann Williams
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul W. Beaver. She at
tends Rocky Mount Senior
High where she ranks in the
top quartile of her class. She
is a member of the Junior-
Senior Prom Committee, the
Service Club, and she was
a National Merit finalist. She
is a member of the Methodist
Church, and she plans to
major in math.
Miss Betty Alive Bridgers
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William W. Bridgers.
She attends Elm City High
School where ishe ranks sec
ond in her class. She is a
member of the Beta Club,
and she is an officer in her
class. She is an active Me
thodist, and her major will
be English.
Miss Joyce Ruth Reynolds
is the daughter of Rev. and
Mns. A. L. Reynolds. A West
End High School senior, she
serves as Editor of the An
nual, and slie is a member of
the Beta Club and the scliool
Glee Club. She has served as
treasurer and president of
the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship, and she sings in the
church choir. Her plan is to
major in religion at Wesleyan.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Brown, Carol
Elliot Brown ranks first in
her class at Gates County
High School. She is president
of the Beta Club, and she
also works with tlie student
government. She is pianist for
iier Church School at Zion
Methodist Church, and she
plans to teach school after
graduation.
Miss Mary Patricia Elam
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LARRY MATTHEWS
Mrs. Felton, a rising senior,
has the highest grade-point
average of any student in the
College, having accumulated
a 4.0 average for her three
years at Wesleyan.
The Rocky Mount Junior
Chamber of Commerce award
for Outstanding Leadership-
Service for Men was given
to Gary M. Garlow, retiring
Student Government Associa
tion President.
Joan Lamberth, Student Ufe
Association Chairman for the
1962-63 academic year, re
ceived tlie Outstanding Lead-
ershlp-Service Award for Wo
men.
Larry Matthews, Editor of
the 1962-63 Wesleyan annual
and an outstanding member
of the Wesleyan baseball
team, won the Award For
Outstanding Athlete at the
College.
Best Essay Awards
The President’s Citation for
Best Freshraan English Com
position was awarded to Judy
A. Thomlow.
The John Paul Jones Award
for the Outstanding Historical
Essay, sponsored by the Nash
County Committee of Colonial
Dames, was given to Winifred
Jones Sawyer.
After these student awards
were given, Luther W. Hill
of Tarboro, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees, presented
certificates to new members
of the Honorary Alumni Asso
ciation. Wesleyan President
Thomas A. Collins presided
at tlie Convocation.
MRS. GAYLE C. FELTON
WINIFRED J. SAWYER
Trustees Approve Gym And Pool;
Gifts Of $500,000 Announced
Pool Rules
The management of Hal
Orr’s has posted a list of
rules concerning the uise
of the swimming pool at
the motel. All students are
^ requested to read the list
carefully and abide by i
t' tliemi. The list is posted on
{ the SGA bulletin board ^
S' near the post office.
m
The annual spring meeting
of the Board of Trustees of
Wesleyan College was held
Friday, M[ay 17, at the Col
lege. Luther W. Hill, of Tar
boro, Chairman of tlie Board,
presided.
Highlight of the meeting
was the announcement by
President Thomas A. Collins
of capital and operating gifts
to the college in excess of
$500,000 during the previous
12 months.
The Rocky Mount Area
Wesleyan College Foundation
contributed in excess of $200,-
000 including capital and op
erating funds. The North Car
olina Annual Conference of
The Methodist Church contri
buted more than $250,000 in
cluding capital and operating
funds. Friends of the College
contributed more than $75,000
to various causes. Prominent
among these gifts was a
donation approximately $50,000
by one donor to construct the
campus entrance, a decora
tive fence across the front
of the campus, and prominent
markers at approaches to the
campus.
Gym Plans Approved
The Board also approved
the report of the Building
Committee as presented by
Cliairman Thomas J. Pear
sall, calling for the construc
tion of the college gymna
sium, including the college
pool. This building, estimated
to cost $600,000, will be con
structed during the next aca
demic year. Plans are near
ing completion by Lashmit,
James, Brown and Pollock,
architectural firm of Winston-
Salem.
Mr. HUl was re-elected chair
man of the Board of Trustees.
Other officers elected were
Dr. J. E. Garlington, Clinton,
vice-chairman; E. E. Adkins,
Rocky Mount, secretary. The
following were elected to the
Executive Committee; J. Cur
tis Ellis, Nashville; Rev. Leon
Russell, Burlington; Mrs.
Pierce Johnson, Weldon; and
E. F. Duke, Rocky Mount.
In his report to the Board
tlie president reported that a
total of 349 students had en
rolled at the college and that
approximately 450 were ex
pected in 1963-64. He reported
30 faculty members under
contract with three or four
soon to be secured. Approxi
mately 65 per cent of the fac
ulty have earned the Ph.D.
degree in their teaching field.
J. Curtis Ellis, chairman of
the Finance Committee, re
ported a successful year. With
an operating budget this year
of $519,509, the college wiU
complete the year without a
deficit. Upon his recommen
dation, the Board adopted an
operating budget for 1963-64
in the amount of $722,743.
New Dorms Named
Tlie Board agreed to desig
nate the two new dormitories
nearing completion. The new
Women’s dormitory will be
called North Hall and fJie new
Men’s dormitory will be call
ed South HaU.
Dr. Allen P. Brantley, exe
cutive director of the Method
ist Commission on Higher
Education, visited the Board
meeting. He reported on the
successful College Crusade of
the Conference in which ap
proximately $2,900,000 has been
pledged for Methodist colleges
in North Carolina. He pre
sented to the college a bronze
medallion commemorating the
Aldersgate Experience of John
Wesley.
CONCERT TODAY
Today at 4:30 p. m. in front
of the Student Union, the Sym
phonic Woodwind Ensemble
will present a concert for
the Wesleyan Community and
others who wish to attend.
JUDY A. THORNLOW
Legislator
To Speak
Representative Thomas S.
Bennett of Cartaret County
will be the speaker at the
meeting of North Carolina
Wesleyan Young Republicans
Club on Thursday, May 23.
Mr. Bennett has the dis
tinction of being the only
Republican legislator in the
current General Assembly
from a port city, specifically
Morehead City. He has estab
lished an enviable record for
a first term minority mem
ber, and he is given state
wide editorial notice for his
forthriglit comments, both in
debate and in committee ses
sions.
Twenty-nine years of age,
Mr. Bennett is serving his
first term in the Legislature.
A native and resident of More-
head City, he attended the
University of North Carolina,
receiving his degree in law
in 1956. He is married to the
former Virginia Thompson,
and both are Baptists.
All interested persons are
invited to attend this event
on May 23 beginning at 7:30
p. m. in Garber Chapel.