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Pape 2 THE WESLEYAN DECREE Wednesday, May 22, 1963 Editorials To The New Editor There is one time in the academic year that col lege newspaper editors are allowed to talk about themselves, and that is in the last issue of their papers. However, we take this opportunity not to review our past mistakes and triumphs, but to speak sincerely to the DECREE editor for 1963-64. The new editor has not been selected yet, but the same words will apply for anyone. We find that our thoughts and sentiments have been classically expressed by a past DECREE editor, Miss Wanda Exum. At the close of the 1961-62 pub lishing year Miss Exum memorably wrote to her successor, Miss Mary Hodgin, in words we feel cannot be imitated or surpassed. Proudly, but hum bly and with mixed emotions, we reprint Miss Exum’s editorial, “To the New Editor.” “It is an honor to be the executive editor, a posi tion of pride that you will feel. However, soon the criticism will come because you will be expected to be above reproach, incapable of making mis takes, while all the time you are only human—no different from any other student. “You will be faced with controversial issues— what to do? If you take a stand you will be labeled as prejudiced or even termed as radical. If you don’t, you will be called a coward, afraid of public opinion. You might even get to the place you are afraid to trust your own opinion. “You will begin to look on your editorial privileges with mixed emotions. Just when you have patted yourself on the back for writing a good editorial, the sting of unexpected reprimand penetrates. “Foresight comes slow and hard and the lack of it is no small thing. You can drop a bomb shell and not even realize it. ‘Why was that one small word, revenge, in the story?’ You know now that it should n’t have been printed, but it’s too late to change. You can’t explain it away, and ‘I’m sorry’ just does n’t seem appropriate. “Even though you are called down by your fellow students and administration you must not lost_ faith. Never resort to the position that all criticism is petty, malicious and of no consequence. You are in a predicaiment commonly referred to as ‘learning the hard way.’ “There will always be the pressure of the next deadline and along with it the realization that you have got to get the paper out on time. Stories have to be written. It doesn’t matter that little has happen ed in the last two-week period that is not stale news and you are piled high with one-line announcements. It doesn’t matter that the sports program is still in its first phase and the game you were depending on was cancelled. It doesn’t matter that there are no social fraternities and sororities to depend on and the social commission hasn’t sponsored a dance or anything. Stories have to be written and a deadline met. , “Yours is the final responsibility. When a reporter comes to you with ‘I can’t’ you will have to. No tangible rewards, it is just part of your position. “However, knowing all this, you wouldn’t trade places with anyone else on campus, because you are doing something that no other student can quite do in the same way. You are editor of The Wesleyan Decree.” —S. B. In Appreciation It does not seem possible that the third year of publicatioi) for the DECREE is drawing to a close. The year has been fast, and it has been good. Pub lishing a newspaper in a new, small college is some times a real task, but it would be even harder if it were not for the help we have received—not only from the staff, but from others. The newspapers that appear bi-weekly (or there abouts) cannot be attributed to (or blamed on) one or two individuals. Much of the dirty work—running down leads to stories, collecting information, writ ing and rewriting, etc.—has been done by individual staff members who never receive recognition for their efforts. Without them the DECREE could not function. Because several of our regular writers have asked to remain in the background, regretfully we cannot call their names. But to those people we say with all sincerity, thank you. Your work has been greatly appreciated; your thoughtfulness and loyal ty invaluable. Our deepest appreciation goes also to the people who have handled the business end of publishing the DECREE. Van Massey, Walter White, Cherry Goi’- ham, and their assistants. Without them we would have been lost. Thanks, gang! —J. G Mary Jo i One of Wesleyan’s finest students, Miss Mary Jo Edwards, ^ ^ recently suffered a fatal attack of a respiratory iDness in ^ her Raleigh home. Her passing marks the end of an era for her family, her friends, and for the College—an era of in- spiration, beauty, strength, and courage. ^ I i Confined to a wheelchair after a fight with polio several J i years ago, Mary Jo affected everyone she loved, everyone I I she met. She exuded an air of happiness, confidence, pride, -x' I and determination in everything she did. t m ^ Although she is gone, her outward beauty and her inward ^ beauty will always be remembered. A part of Mary Jo will g remain with us forever. Silence Dogood, Lie No. 3 Practical Education “Please excuse the state of the foUowing text. The current British blockade of our ports has reduc’d me to obtaining paper by trimming- the mar gins of my Bible.” Thus spoke Silence Dogood on the envelope of his latest expose, “Practical Education:” There is a curious notion held by some of the more shortsight ed members of the College Com munity which runs to the effect that “since the purpose of going to college is to help us to get a better job after graduation, the best kind of education we can get while we are here is one consisting of practical know ledge that may be usefully ap plied in our chosen professions.” Those who hold entirely, or even largely to this idea pro bably consider themselves to be practical (“common sense”) people, or even “realists.” No doubt they wouid like to be able to measure the results of their collegiate efforts in terms of tangible results, or more speci fically, in dollars and cents (x hours of study time equals y amount of salary after ten years, etc., etc.). At the freshman and sopho more levels we find this “practi cal” kind of student selecting courses which are “related to his chosen profession” and omit ting those for wihich he fore sees little application “on the job.” Little wonder tliat at the junior-senior level we find this same student, having taken the limited number of courses “in 'his field,” idly thumbing through the catalog, convinced that he is wasting his time, and frus trated because he no longer knows what occupation he wants to practice now that he lias dropped his original plans. The blame for this may be placed largely at the feet of the host of ill-educated advisors and bogus guidance counselors who descend upon the high school student, armed with charts, vo cational guidance tests, and gala career nights, and convince him that if he has not selected his career by his seventeenth birth day he is headed at that mo ment for “failure” (whatever that is). The student would do well to submit the names of such people to his local draft board. Thus wound up and set down on the track leading to his “chosen profession” like a toy train, the “practical” student (let us say one who is set on a career as a businessman) would be delighted to design himself a curriculum of one hundred hours of business and econo mics with a few courses in this or tliat related field just to “round him out.” Perhaps it is only the limited number of courses in each area and the stiff list of required courses which prevent this from actually happening. Every one of us would do well to select courses on the basis of the following question, “At this time, in what large areas of knowledge am I a hopeless hap less boob, likely to prove my self a complete jackass should I ever open my mouth?” If stu dents from now on were to use such a guide in selecting cours es we miglit be able to cut down on the large number of ignorant doctors, lawyers, advertisers, businessmen, artists, educators, and ministers, who are permit ted to walk among us posing as educated men and women. In short, the student Biiould not ask, “will or wtU not tliis course help me in my career?” After all, the answer is almost always the same. No course is likely to have a direct relation on any particular career, no matter how technical. The only valid question for us to ask is, ‘will or will not this course in crease my knowledge of the known universe?” If it will not, the course is probably a w’aste of time and effort for botli tlie student and the professor. For the purpose of clarity Uion, I propose that we junk this lie of “practical education” and bring it into line with reality by simply taking the word “practi cal” and adding the suffix “ly.” Student Leaders Here is the slate of Student Government Association officers and class officers for the 1963- 64 academic year: Stuaent Government Associa tion— President, John Hines; Vice-president, Robert Stephens; Secretary, Joan Lamberth; Treasurer, Baxter Myers. Student Life Association — Chairman, Betty Anderson; At torney General, Dennis Schulze. Student Representative positions will bo filled at the beginning of the fall semester next year. Commissions—Social Commis sion Chairman, Butch Nichols; class representatives. Senior, Judy Gaixiss; Junior, David Brady; Sophomore, Diane Powell. Athletic Commission— Chairman, Ronnie Brocken- brough; class representatives, Senior, Wayne Cooper; Junior, Don Everette; Sophomore, David Reeves. Interfaith Com mission—Chairman, Guy Rouse. Class Officers—Senior Class, President, Gary Garlow; Vice- president, Susan Black; Secre tary, Vicki Walker; Treasurer, Ginny Eason; Historian, John GiUis. Junior Class, President, Bill Hartley; Vice-president, Herbert Campbell; Secretary, Grace Markham; Treasurer, Max Fitzgerald. Sophomore Class, President, Steve Cherry; Vice-president, Albert Rexroad; Secretary, Judy Addison; Treas urer, Lyndon Holden. Communi ty Council—Student Representa tives elected this year—Winni Stine and Janice Roebuck, POET'S CORNER Our Shelley Lift not the painted veil which those who live call life.” The tears of my life fall crystal on the dying leaves And I can feel the late autumn creeping into my soul. That spirit wiiich binds my existence as a unit and keeps it alive. I, professedly, am a man, am led into the endless hell which the living dead call “life.” The mass! The crowd! Conformity or damnation! It whispers; it shouts! It taunts! ‘I am you and you are me; I banish all escape.” To speak your mind is tlie evil — to express your soul is blasphemy! And I, who proclaim my spirit free, can sense the chill which mars The arrival of the winter of my existence. —E. L. Young And Foolish I was young and oh so foolish. I v/as stubborn and set in my ways. Could I have known that life would punish And fate would remember Uiose carefree days? The Spring was to me a morn ing dawn The new buds of love engulfed me We were two lonely souls to- getlier drawn Love was blind, for the future I could not see. When in Autumn v/e were forced to part We made our vows to ever be true. Little did I know it w'ould be I to break his heart And he to pass judgment before it was due. But God seems to mend even the greatest wounds In His own simple and unique way. For I have heard the glorious sounds Of a love that will last forever and a day. —S. J. S. cHItf lieBlfgan ierrpf Official Student Newspaper of North Carolina Wesleyan CoUege. Printed bi-we±ly in Nashville, N. C. MEMBER EDITOR Susan Black ASSISTANT EDITOR John Gillis LAY OUT EDITOR Winni Stine BUSINESS MANAGER Vann Massey ADVERTISING MANAGER Walter White CIRCULATION Cherry Gorham, Louise Kepley, Susan Burkle REPORTERS Judy Thomlow, Bill Morris, Bryce Cook, Libby Wallace, Butch Nichols SPORTS David Beeves, GU Wylie PHOTOGRAPHY Louis Womble
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