FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1964
THE DECREE
Page 5
Ripples CHAPEL TIME? NEWS BRIEFS
It was time for chapel once a-
gain. students were seated at the
cafeteria tables at the back of the
room and also over in the cafe
teria area - as far away as possi
ble but close enough to get credit
for attending The front rows
were empty. Over 80 seats separ
ated the speaker from the major
ity of the students.
Upon entering, one could hear
little of the prelude that one stu
dent attempted to play in rever
ence. But, one could not close
his ears to the din that prevailed.
Greetings were hurled as though
it was a football game. Loud talk
ing and laughing continued until
the students were, literally, call
ed to worship.
The call, prayer, and a hymn and
then the study period began.
Some studied and listened to the
speaker in the same manner that
they study with the radio or tele
vision on. Others spread their
notes out over one or two seats
and read them as a city planner
looking over his maps.
For the first three minutes of the
sermon the room was relatively
quiet. And why not? Aren’t all
chapel talks begun with a joke or
pun? Soon the speaker slipped in
to His message. Some students
listened and when the shoe fit so
tight it caused them to give forth
with an audible acknowledgment
the dead arose. What did he say?
What’s up? Huh? But it was too
late then. The point had been made
MSU Elects
New Officers
and missed. Once again all listen
ed intently. But, when the speech
continued in a rather normal way,
the dead soon drifted back into
their sleep.
A chord was sounded and the final
hymn of consecretion became
‘ ‘ music to pack up by’ ’. The bene
diction was pronounced and once
again the lone student played in
reverence. The majority poured
out of the room like childred pour
out of a school for recess, A few
pondered over that which they had
heard and some others discussed
it together in seriousness.
“For where two or three are
gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.”
(Matt. 18:20). \Vhether a worship
service is held in a chapel, gym
nasium, or cafeteria, the same
reverence is necessary.
Dr, Gordan Finnie of the history
department of Wesleyan College
presented a paper at the South
ern Historical Association meet
ing in LitUe Rock, Arkansas last
Thursday.
Dr, Finnie’s study is “A New
Look at the Antislavery Move
ment in the south 1787-1836”,
Another professor read a paper
on the North’s reaction to the
movement.
The association met Wednes-
SOCIAL COMMISSION PLANS
The Methodist Student Move
ment of North Carolina Wesley
an college recently elected offi
cers for the academic year 1964-
65. Dodie Waters, a member of
the Senior Class, was elected to
serve in the position of president.
Betty Chang, also a senior re
ceived the vote for vice-presi
dent. Betty Jean Grissom and
Mary Louise Alderman, both
juniors, received the offices of
secretary and treasurer. Publi
city chairman for the year is
freshman Quinton White.
Installation of officers and re
ception of members was held on
Friday, November 6, in Garber
Chapel. Mrs. Thomas A. Collins,
advisor of the organization, re
ceived the members and officers
into active service. Melvin Dow
dy, student chaplain, presided. A
reception was held following the
service.
On Monday, November 23, the
MSM will sponser a day of pray
er. Dennis Dagenhart, chairman
of the event announced that a
prayer vigil will be held at the
front of the assembly area in the
student unioa The theme will be
“Give Thanks”. The vigil will
run from early morning until
9:30 p.m. at which time the MSM
will meet together for a united
worship service. Any students
or members of the community
who desire to participate in the
vigil or service are cordially
invited to attend.
Thanksgiving
Holidays
Nov. 24-28
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she will be elegible for the Val
entine Court and will be re
cognized as an honorary member
of the Spring Court.
For the May Queen on Tues
day, May 4, at the class meetings,
the Freshman, sophomore, and
Junior Classes will elect two
representatives (each) to the
Court. The Senior Class will
choose three to compete for the
May Queen title. The Student
Body will choose the Queen from
the three Senior Candidates at
the polls on May 14 ( Friday)
between the hours of 10:30 and
12:30 and 4:00 & 6:00 in the
SU.
Only the Chairman of the Ele
ction Committee, Lewis Nixon;
the President of the SGA, Ro
bert Stephens; the reigning
Queen, Joan Lamberth; the News
Reporter; and the Court Chair
man may know theidentity of the
Queen until 10:30 May 15, Con
testants and escorts must be
avilable to practice May 15 from
1:30 to 2:30,
The Rules Committee also
nominated the master of cere
monies for the three events who
are to be contacted by the So
cial Commission. They are
Dean Jack W. Moore to crown
Miss Misletoe; Dean Allen F.
Cordts to crown the Campus
Sweetheart; and President Tho
mas A, Collins to crown the May
Queen. Robert Stephens will
assist on all three occassions.
The following members of the
Rules Committee attended the
November 2 meeting: Guy
Turner, Marty Lang, Beverly
Vincent, Max Fitz- Gerald,
Baxter Myers, Rita Abernathy,
Melvin Gay, Elliot Stevenson,
Mike Pratt, Caroline Sanders,
day through Friday. Dr. Finnie’s
essay on “Religion on the Am
erican Frontier” is published
in the book “A Miscellany of
American Christianity” edited
by H. Stuart Henry.
Tickets on Sale
Reserve seat student tickets for
Wesleyan College Theater’s fall
production, “The Mousetrap”
will go on sale in the college
bookstore on Monday afternoon
and will be available. 1-5 p.m.
daily until November 20. The
play will be produced Novem
ber 19-21 in the college gym
nasium.
Tickets also will be sold at the
door. This is the first time re
serve seats have been offered.
Exhibit Delayed
The exhibit of contemporary
Share Leslie, Louise Kepley, Japanese prints will be open
Julia Barrett, Bill Bobbitt, Grace Monday in Room 189 of thePear-
Markham, and Faye Vester, sail Building. The exhibit was
Boby Lyons, Joe Boling, Lewis scheduled to open Wednesday.
Nixon, An n Palantzas, Herbert The opening has been delayed
Campbell, were absent. Faye because of transit problems.
were
Vester, senior representative
to the Social Commission, served
refreshments.
Gallery hours will be 2-9
p.m. Monday through Friday and
2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
It will close on Nov. 25.
New Approach
To Teaching
Editor’s note: Could this be a
TENTATIVE CALENDAR OF
THE BIG EVENTS
December 12 - Senior Christ
mas Dance- Semi-Formal with
Huey piano Smith and the Clowns
(The crowning of Miss Mist
letoe)
February 13 - Formal Valen- possible plan for Wesleyan? Are-
tine Dance with a smooth group some of our students already
( The crowning of the Cam- instructing certain courses such
pus sweetheart) American Literature?
March — Junior Class Concert —Colorado Springs, Colora o
April 24 - Rites of Spring A new approach to teacher train-
with the Delacardos back again i^g
( The postponed Carnival)
Grace Markham chairman of
Social Commission.
May 15 — Spring Formal-
Junior Class - (The crowning
of the May Queen.)
Decree Presents New Instructors
Pleas Issued
For Furniture
Wesleyan College Theater’s
properties department is appeal
ing for gifts of all kinds of cos
tumes and props to stock its
“warehouse” to meet the
demands of its fast-growing
theater. Right now the crying
need is for used furniture, any
thing from a miling stool to a
Hollywood bed. Such gifts, rea
sonably valued, are tax de-
ductable, remember.
USED PIANO
WANTED
If you have an old piano that’s
too good to throw away, too out
dated to be of much re-sale value,
but that still has a lot of tune
and tunes liven things up around
the lounge in Nash Hall, the girls
would welcome it as a gift and
promise to give it a good home.
Editor’s note: This is the
first of a series of articles
introducing the new members of
the faculty of Wesleyan.
The new Assistant Professor
of Mathematics at Wesleyan this
fall is Edward J. Wiltrakis.
He was graduated from Ill
inois Institute of Technology with
a B.S, in Civil Engineering, and
shortly thereafter entered the
United States Army. He served
twenty-two years as an Army
instructor, logistics planner,
commander of engineering units,
and comptroller, rising to the
rank of Colonel.
He did graduate study at Geo
rge Washington University, Cath
olic University, and completed
his study for the M.A.T. degree
in Mathematics at Duke Univer
sity this summer.
While in college he has served
as a graduate instructor in Analy
tic Geometry and Calculus. He
is married and the father of two
grown children. The Wiltrakis
family is active in the Roman
Catholic Church and they moved
to Rocky Mount late in August.
I. Michael Danoff became
instructor of English at Caro
lina Wesleyan this year.
A native of Chicago, Illinois,
Danoff attended the University of
Pennsylvania, and was graduated
from the University of Michigan
with a major in English Litera
ture. He will complete the Mas
ter of Arts in English Litera
ture at the University of North
Carolina this Summer.
While at the University of
North Carolina he has served as
a graduate assistant in the Eng
lish department teaching Fresh
man Composition, prior to this
he has worked summers as a
research assistant and a survey
analyst in Washington and Phila
delphia.
During his college program he
was on the editorial staff of two
literary magazines, was engineer
announcer and program director
for the student radio station, and
has done extensive writing while
a college student.
Danoff was married in June
to the former Miss Frances
Colker and they will move to
Rocky Mount in late summer.
Support
Our
School
Sports
Programs
is being developed at Colo
rado College where candidates
for high school certification in
German are doing half of their
practise teaching elementary
courses at the college.
Colorado College offers no
major in education. Students
seeking certification to become
high school or grammar school
teachers must take their major
in a regular academic subject.
The emphasis on academic sub
jects is designed to strengthen
the college’s teacher training
program, which turned out over
100 certified teachers in var
ious academic fields during the
past year.
Under the new program, students
seeking high school certification
in German here spend one se
mester practice teaching in a
local area high school and one
semester at the college. In each
case, they spend two hours a
week in the classroom as teach
ers or as tutors of small groups,
plus additional hours as observ
ers.
Advantages of the system are
that the student-teachers spend
a part of their practice under
the supervision of college pro
fessors in the field, and that it
provides actual college teaching
experience for seniors who may
become teaching assistants in
graduate school while working to
ward advanced degrees.
The prdgram at present is
open to students majoring in Ger
man, and they must be seniors.
Students majoring in German are
required to take 38 semester
credit hours in the language and
literature.
Practice teachers are not per
mitted to teach grammar or to
lecture. In class, they conduct
conversation and drills and make
translations. In addition, they
hold discussions with faculty
members, help grade student pa
pers, and make out lesson plans,
and prepare final reports at the
end of the semester.