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VOL. 4, NO. 2
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., OCT. 9, 1963
BI-WEEKLY—$2.00 YEARLY
Zodiacs Will Appear Here Nov. 2
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ZODIACS, MUSICAL GROUP, TO APPEAR HERE
Browns To Lecture
Founders' Day Is Slated Oct. 25
Celebration of Foundens’ Day
on the campuis of North Caro
lina Wesleyan College will be
on Friday, Oct. 25. As a cli
max to the day, E. Martin
Brown and Mrs. Brown wiU
appear in a public lecture-
recital entitled “The Three
Beckets” to be presented at
8:15 p. m. in the Student
Union. This English couple
who pioneered the modem
revival of religious drama in
Britain will be visiting the
local campus as part of a
tour sponsored jointly by the
Danforth Foundation and the
Association of American Col
leges.
From 1956 to 1962 Mr. and
Mr!s. Brown respectively were
Visiting Profesisor and Lectur
er in Religious Drama at
Union Theological Seminary
in New York. During this
time they had considerable
influence in stimulating in
terest in religious drama in
this country.
Browne was educated at
Eton College, and at Ox
ford University where he took
honoris in History and Theo
logy. For three years, begin
ning in 1927, he taught speech
and drama at Carnegie Insti
tute of Technology, and pro
duced plays under B. Iden
Payne. In 1930, ,he became
the first Director of Religious
Drama in Britain, in the dio
cese of chichester, was Hon
orary Director of the Re-
AF Recruiters
Air Force Recruiters will
visit Wesleyan on Oct. 24,
1963, between the hours of
10:30 a. m. and 4:00 p. m.
to meet with seniors and
anyone else interested in
the Officers Training School
Program. Students are wel
come to stop by the Trus
tees’ room in the Adminis
tration building- and talk
with ^hem.
I
ligious Drama Society of
Great Britain until 1939, be
came chairman in 1948 and
president in 1961. From 1948
untU 1957 he was director of
the British Drama League,
the world’s largest society
concerned with tlie theatre.
Mrs. Browne, Henzie Rae
burn, is the author of the
book, “Pilgrim Story,” and
of several plays, including
“Disarm,” “Beginning of the
Way,” and “The Green Wood.”
The latter, created for Union
Seminary, has since been pre
sented at Coventry Cathedral,
as has also her latest play,
“Who Is There To Ask?.”
Mr. and Mrs. Browne are
two of the 16 outstanding spe
cialists and scholans selected
by the Danforth Foundation
and the Arts Program of the
Ajssociation of American Col
leges for campus visits dur
ing the 1963-64 academic year.
The purpose of the program
in which they are taking part
is “to strengthen the in-
tellectural, the religious and
the cultm-al aspects of liber
al education in the United
States.”
Frosh Predictions
Made On Officers
By TOM DAVIS
A rather undecided fresh
man electorate goes to the
polls tomorrow (Thursday) to
select its leaders for the com
ing year.
The indecision on the part
of many of the freshmen is
understandable in view of the
fact that there has not yet
been time enough for the
class to get to know all of
the candidates well enough.
The class must have leader
ship, so the elections will be
held now.
Although there is no obvious
trend which would indicate
a large majority for any can
didate for any of the four
posts, a rather impromptu poll
has led us to hazard predic
tions regarding the positions.
A hot race is shaping up
for the presidential post. At
the time of this writing, the
three candidates, Ronnie Ar
rington, Fritz Smith, and Jim
West, are running almost neck
and neck. Each of the three
is the counselor for his floor
in Edgecombe Hall, and can
be expected to carry the ma
jority of the votes on his floor.
Smith, who is counselor of the
floor with the most residents,
and Arrington, whose floor
has a few lesis, may have an
edge on West in that his floor
has only about half as many
students and the other two.
The women’s vote will be
isplit, with either West or Ar
rington having a slight mar
gin.
Arrington should receive the
larger part of the non-resident
vote, and we feel that this
factor will have a great ef
fect on the presidential elec
tion.
We feel that on the strength
of this non-resident vote that
Arrington will be the winner
by a slim margin, with a
run-off very likely.
The vice-presidential race,
which looked to be a two-man
affair soon after the nomina
tions, has now become a
three-way battle once again
on the strength of a fine
speech by Koger Burns and
some hard work by his sup
porters. Burns, however, wUl
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During the 1963-64 academic
year, the Social Commission
is planning to sponsor four
main dances featuring name
bands. The first of these
dances is an “All Jubilee
Weekend” scheduled for Nov.
2 with plans to feature Mor
ris Williams and the Zodiacs.
Biographical information of
the Zodiacs includes: “In 1959
a group of high school stu
dents participated in a talent
Show at Barr Street High
School in Lancaster, S. C. The
group, known as the Royal
Charms, went on to capture
both first prize and stand
ing ovations from the audi
ence.
With this stimulation be
hind them, plus forty dollars
(which they borrowed and an
old automobile) they motored
to Nashville, Tenn. The
group’s first record was a
Gatewood
Publishes
Article
Dr. Willard B. Gatewood,
Jr., chairman of the Social
Science Division of North
Carolina Wesleyan College, is
the author of an article in tlie
Autumn Issue of “The North
Carolina Historical Review.”
The article entitled “North
Carolina and Federal Aid To
Education; Public Reaction
to the Blair Bill, 1881-1890” is
the relsult of extensive re
search in this field. Dr. Gate
wood has contributed numer
ous articles and reviews to
this quarterly journal.
Dr. Gatewood, a native of
Caswell County, holds the
A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from Duke University. Dur
ing the past summer Gate
wood studied in the Truman
Library at Independence, Mo.,
on a research grant.
The Autumn Issue of “North
Carolina Historical Review”
caDs attention to the recently
acquired collection of Me
thodist Protestant history and
literature of the North Caro
lina Wesleyan College library.
song titled “Little Darling,”
written by their youthful lead
er and pianist, Maurice WU-
liams. This song was also re
corded by the Diamonds and
became a number-one time in
1956.
Name Change
Maurice and his group, then
called the Gladiolas, went on
to tour the South and the Far
West, where they became
favorites with the colleges
and universities. Their re
cording contract expired and
by mutual agreement was not
renewed. Since the record
company owned the name
Gladiolas, a change was
necessary and the Zodiacs
emerged.
While playing in Columbia,
S. C., the group met the Pre
sident of Briarwood Enter
prises who introduced tliem
to A1 Silver, president of Her
ald Records. Enthusiasm was
great and Qie group was Sign
ed. Their first release, ‘Stay,’
also written by Maurice, en
joyed smashing success and
became tlie number-tone rec
ord in the country during
November, 1960. The group
hais risen rapidly into one of
the brighter spots of today’s
entertainment world.”
Tickets can be purchased
at $1.00 per couple and $.75
stag. This program is planned
to take place on campus in
tlie cafcterla-aissembly area.
The Social Commission hopes
that the student body will
participate more in the func
tions provided for them on
campus. “If school Ispirlt in
such things continues to de
crease, some of the special
events will have to be can
celed.”
(Ed. note; The biographi
cal information was copied
directly from information con
tained on the back of one of
the albums of the Zodiacs.
The article was written by
Hal Percher. Since little bio
graphical information has been
obtained from the advertis
ing agent, the use of the pre
ceding information wais deem
ed necessary Portions reprint
ed from the Lenoir Rhynean,
September 27, 1963.)
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OFFICER NOMINEES—Three candidates are running for the
office of president of the freshman class. The campaigners
are (left to right) Jimmy West, Ronnie Arrington, and
Fritz Smith.