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The Wesleiiaii Ibtcnc VOL. 4, NO. 10 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., MARCH 18, 1964 BI-WEEKLY—§2.00 YEARLY Dr. Buttrick To Give Commencement Address Sunrise Service To Be Held Again This Year Guy Rouse, chairman of the Interfaith Commission, has announced that the Inter faith Commission will, for the second year, present an Easter Sunrise Service on March 26 at 5:45 a. m. in front of the administration building. The program will be a communion service and the band will present two se lections. After the service, coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts will be served in the Trustees’ Lounge for all those attending the service. Summer job information will be available in the Interfaith files in the SGA office be ginning with the latter part of this week. Those interested in reviewing this information should contact a member of the Commission. The Interfaith Commission will also visit the Nash-Mont Nursing Home in Rocky Mount during April. Any students in terested in joining with this should contact Guy Rouse. ' First Graduation Exercises To Be Held Sunday, May 31 DR. GEORGE A. BUTTRICK . Commencement Speaker . . Dr. George A. Buttrick will deUver the first commence ment addreiss for the pioineer graduating claBs of North Carolina Wesleyan College on Sunday afternoon, May 31. President ' Thomas Collins announced today that the recent Danforth Lecturer on the college campus is also to deliver the charge to the first graduates. The an nouncement was greeted with enthusiasm. Dr. Buttrick is one of the finest preachers and most distinguished lecturers of America. He chariwed and challenged the college audi ence during his winter visit to the campus. This is not a new experi ence for Dr. Buttrick, now Professor of Preaching at Garrett B i b 1 i c a 1 Institute, Northwestern University of Evanston, Illinois. He served previously as Pi'ofessor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Professor of Homiletics at Union Theologi cal Seminary in New York City. Before his college ex perience he served as pastjor of Congregational and Pres byterian churches in Illinois and New York. Native of Eng-land Dr. Buttrick was born at Seaham Harbour, England. He was educated at Leeds Central High School, at Vic toria University in Man chester from which he vvais graduated with honors in philosophy, and at Lanca shire Independent Seminary. He holds Doctor of Divinity degrees from Hamilton and Middlebury Colleges, and from Yale, Miami, Prince ton and Harvard Universi ties; a Litt.D. from Albright College and an LL.D. from Bethany College, and a D.S.T. from Columbia University. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Buttrick has been guest preacher at Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Hamilton, Dartmouth, Oberlin, Duke and other colleges and uni versities. March Blow-Out To Be March 21 The Junior Class will spon sor a “March Blow-Out” dance Friday, March 20, in the cafeteria-assembly area of the Student Union build ing from 8 p. m. until 11 p. m. The charge for ad mission will be 50c stag or 75c drag. Tickets wiU be sold at the door and by members of the Junior Class. The Kays, a combo from the Wilson area, will be fea tured. The dresis will be casual. This is the beginning event for the week end which will also include the Hootemanny to be held Saturday, March 21. Dr. J. M. Chaves To Be Next Guest Lecturer Dr. Jose Maria Chaves, distinguished Latin American lawyer, diplomat, educator and authority on Cervantes, will be on the campus April 20 and 21 as a Danforth Visit ing Lecturer. Dr. Chaves will speak td the student body in convocation on Tuesday morn ing on the topic, “Culture and Civilization in Latin America.” He will meet with numerous classes during his two-day stay on the campus. In addition. Dr, Chaves will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday evening at 8; 15 in the Student Union. This lec ture, entitled “Latin Ameri ca, the New Frontier,” will be a comprehensive survey of Latin America with par ticular emphasis on the close relationship witli the United States. The program is free and the public is invited to attend. A native of Columbia, Dr. Chaveis attended the Imstituto de la Salle, and the Superior Normal School in Bogato, where he pursued studies in anthropology. He holds a de gree of Doctor of Jurispru dence from the University of Bogato, and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy de grees from Columbia Uni versity. In this country Dr. Chaves has represented Columbia als a diplomat in Washington and at the United Nations. As Embassy Counselor he negotiated several internation al treaties with the United States, promoted closer .rela tions in atomic energy, capi tal investments, cultural ex changes and agricultural sur pluses. As an educator he helped establijsh the first public high school in Bogato in 1941, and the first private university in Columbia—.the University of Andes—in 1948, becoming its first dean of the faculty. Since 1948 Dr. Chaves has been president of the Insti tute Israel-Iberoamerica in New York. He was cited by the National Conference of Christians and Jews for his successful intervention on be half of Protestants in Latin America in 1953. Dr. Chaves has served as director of the American Players In Rehearsal For ^Curious Savage ’ Foundation for Cultural Popu lar Action, an international private organization that pro motes literary and funda mental education. In 1957 he visited English and Scottish Universities at the invitation of the British Council as guest lecturer in international law, principally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. In the ispring of the same year, as an official guest lecturer of the French Government, he was invited to the University of Paris. Between 1955 and 1958 Dr. Chaves was director general of the National University Fund in Bogato. He planned and conducted university re form programs and promoted (Continued on page 6) By RONNIE ARRINGTON The Wesleyan Players, the official dramatics club on campus, have begun prac tice on the Spring play, “The Curious Savage,” a comedy by John Patrick. After several tryouts, an excellent cast was assembled. Wamda Exum, as Mrs. Sav age, has an interesting role as she must develop the skill of throwing darts. Hannibal, played by Bill Barto, must learn to play the violin '(to what extent we will learn soon after the play begins.) AU-time favorites Dorcas Moore and Brenda Robinson will appear oince again on the stage. Dorcas plays an im portant role as Florence. Brenda Robinson changes from her usual role of an elderly woman named Miss Willie. Other characters include Yves van den Branden as Dr. Emmett. Warren Baker assumes the role of Samuel. Mrs. Paddy is played by Barbara Peterson. Suzanne Selph as Lilly Belle and , Phyllis Daniels as Fairy May should add to the laughter and excitement of the play. Jeffery is played by Ward Page and Titus by Alan Ku- back. Crews Selected Crews have also been se lected for the play. Stage manager will be Jay Smith and bookholder ^will be Susan Burkle. Stage carpenter is Robert Bruce; his assistant is Tom Butler and the scene- (Continued on page 6) The cast of “The Curious Savag-e” readies a scene.
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