TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1964
THE DECREE
PAGE THREE
Student Petition Rest
With Chapel Committee
Ripples
By Dodle Waters
O
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On November- 18, a petition,
which originated in the Senate
and concerned chapel seating,
was circulated about campus for
general consideration and student
signatures. The petition stated
that due to concern over the
effects of chapel traffic on the
gymnasium floor, the students
requested that chapel seating be
moved to one side of the bleachers
of the gymnasium floor. Well
over four-fifths of the student
body signed this petition and
it was presented to President
Collins and the Chapel Com-:
mittee for consideration.
Dr. Elliott, chairman of the
Chapel Committee, has said
that this issue will come up
in the Tuesday, December 8,
meeting of this committee at 1:00
P.M.
Dr. Elliott stated that the
greatest problem presented by
the issue was a purely techni
cal one: Will the bleachers, which
are currently being installed and
should be ready for use by Thurs
day, provide enough space to seat
the entire student body? This
seems to be the cruxof the issue.
Action on the petition has been
postponed for a week due to a
conference which called Presi
dent Collins out of town. However,
the issue is to be considered on
the 8th. If the Chapel Committee
favors and passes the proposal,
it will, presumably, be put into
effect immediately.
Bond Awarded
Fetlowship
Rocky Mount—Professor Hugh
Lawrence Bond of North Carolina
Wesleyan College has been
awarded a Fellowship for the 1965
summ.er session of the South
eastern Institute of Medieval and
Renaissance studies.
This $500 Fellowship will en
able Bond to continue his study
on "The Motifs of Reform, Hum
anism, and Tradition in the Works
of Cusanus” at the University
of North Carolina. Such summer
research is designed to advance
both scholarship and teaching
effectiveness. Mr. Bond is a doc
toral candidate at Duke Uni
versity in the area of Church
History.
HOW WILL IT BE RECEIVED?
Latest Reports On Ralph Downing
Perhaps many of you are
wondering how our well-liked
campus policeman , Ralph Down
ing, is getting along. Latest and
most accurate reports say that
he will possibly leave the hos-
pitel soon in time to "be hotne for
Christmas.
Ralph was seriously injured
in a head-on-collision approxi^
mately a week before Thanks
giving vacation and was taken to
Duke University Hospital in Dur
ham . Injuries included a broken
leg, dislocated hip and some
minor complications. An infec
tion set in and thus prevented
any operation.
Reports at this time say that
the doctors are much pleased
by his recovery, but Ralph wiU
cftFtalnly be in bed for quite kn
extensive period of time.
If the student body wishes
to continue sending cards, please
do so to his home address:
Ralph Downing
901 Daughtridge Street.
Rocky Mount, N. C,
Doc Stephens, President of the
SGA, visited Ralph while in the
hospital, and reported that he
seems to be in very high spirits
and is looking forward to com
ing home for Christmas. Ralph
sends his thanks for the many get-
well cards he received.
Recently the North Hall poten
tates sponsored “A Waste of
Your Time and Mine,” It had a
different title. They called it
“A Fire Drill.” I call it a
farce.
The usual fire drills are bad
enough, but this one...whew! Nor
mally, the farce is begun with a
rumor: “We’re going to have a
fire drill tonight.” But this one
was better. Everyone knew that
it would be held at 12:30 a.m.,
and it was. Normally, after
careful precautions are taken to
exit everyone out of the dorm as
quickly as possible, everyone
gathers together while one pot
entate must make an (censored)
out o f herself by calling role
A to Z. This time everyone
gathered around and no role was
taken, and to this very day, no
one knows who may have perished
that night had it been real.
I must admit that I have strong
personal reasons for my feel
ings. If my name were Adams,
I wouldn’t worry. However, since
; it is Waters, I do. I arjrlve at
at all dorm meetings five minutes
late and the role caller is usually
on the R’6 or S’s. But not to be
missed for five or more minutes
in a fire is quite serious.
I doubt if there has been a
worthwhile fire drill on this cam
pus yet. I contend that all can be
exited and accounted for within
3 minutes, rm not going to write
how because I do believe that the
potentates know how—they
just act stupid.
: New Gym Site
Of Christmas Ball
The newly constructed Wesleyan head of Grace Markham,
gymnasium was turned into a other candidates for the title
winter wonderland for the annual were Mary Wright Edmondson,
Miss Mistletoe Ball held on Kay Lipscomb, Dawana Gay,
Saturday, December 12. The Diane Wood,
class of ‘65 in co-operation vrilth
the Social Commission present-
ed “Huey (Piano) Smith and his
Clowns” at the semi-formal af
fair.
The crowning of Miss Mist
letoe for 1964 was the highlight
of the evening. Dean Jack w.
Moore placed the crown on the
FIRE DRILLS
A FARCE?
Now, I have heard people say
that there would never be a fire
in the dorm to be concerned over.
Well, living across from the
kitchen, I have my doubts. They
say they’re cookin’. The odor
makes one wonder. Not to mention
the burnt bedspreads and beds.
The possibility is there. The
matter is serious. The SGA
took great pains' a few years ago
dreaming up all kinds of fire re
gulations. Whether they were so
busy worrying about room lights
being tunied on or off that they
forgot to remember the occiqtants
or that their work was In vaine
is anyone’s guess.
One more gem. Do you know
how dorm occupants are notified
of a fire drill? Mrs. Paul Re
vere runs through the halls ting
ing an 18th century bell or tuot-
in’ a bicycle horn. I was think
ing that maybe we could get a
marching band complete with
bell, horn, drum, and a
loud mouth.
Having been in a real fire, I
know that it is most difficult to
run through smoke-filled areas.
I did not have a bell or horn,
though, and that might have moti-
viated me to run upstairs into
the thick of it.
Well, good luck,It’s every-man
for himself, I suppose.
Library Offers
Book Copying
Service
The library now offers stu
dent, faculty, and other inter
ested persons a Thermofax book
copying service. With a life ex
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by 11 inch white bond paper copies
cost 10? per sheet,Requests)for
copies of Items from Wesleyan’s
Library may be made by mail at
charges consistent with re
ference service and postage re
quirements.
Merry Christmas &
Happy New Year
The U.S. In Politics
by Ray O’Kelly
Let Us Continue
In July, Paul Harvey, ABC
newscaster , commented that if
Goldwater lost the election, at
least the American public could
hear about the conservative point
of view; in doing so this would
at least give a different view for
solving the government’s prob
lems. This in itself, Harvey
commented, might bring to light
some points which Americans
might agree to, but never think
about. If Goldwater provoked
people to think, then, it is rea
sonable to assume that liberal
educators would appreciate and
welcome Goldwater’s candidacy.
The question arises, “was this
the case?”
One great American, Emmet
John Hughes, columnist for
Newsweek, is still dedicated to
running Goldwater out of the
country. Now, after a great Dem
ocratic landslide, he has irons to
burn and brands to cast. This
attitude is still lingering in the
columns of Democratic news
commentators.
Johnson will continue to be
President until 1968. Now, Dem
ocrats and anti-Goldwater col
umnists, let us continue by
solving present and forthcoming
problems. We are in the midst
of a sacrificial war in south
Vietnam. We are in the midst of
an age when intelligent Negro
youths are not allowed to enter
Universities and small colleges
such as Wesleyan. We are living
In an ’age when the AMA is reg
ulating the number of doctors so
that the demand for doctors is
great (thus medical costs can be
kept high). We’re in a time when
Americans take for granted that
American currency will always
be “good money.”
Times are good but let us not
relax. There are things to be
done—yes, “let us continue.”
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Candidates for Miss Mistletoe. Seated: MarUyn Shepard,
Miss Mistletoe of 1963. Standing:; Grace Markham, Mary
Wright Edmondson, Kay Lipscomb, Dawana Gay, Diane Wood.
Faculty Presents Chamber Program
Five members of Wesleyan’s
music faculty were joined by
Donald Tracy, ‘ cellist from East
Carolina College faculty, and se
veral music students, to present
a program of chamber music in
Garber Chapel, Tuesday at 8;15
p. m. Faculty members who
participated were Dr Sasser,
Dr. and Mrs. Gerschefski, Law
rence Gupton, and Edgar Stryker.
Student participants were Perry
Lowry, Julia Barrett, and Louis
Higgins.
WOULDN^T
IT BE
FUNKY IF:
Everyone cut Mr. wadkins’
Math 9 class pne day.
The girls pulled a pantie-raid at
Edgecombe.
The cafeteria started serving
food.
The washing machines worked.
The main gate was walled up
with the library bricks.
U.S. 301 traffic was rerouted
through that wall.
Northside ran completely out of
Uquid at 6:30 P.M.
They planted bramble-bushes in
stead of grass under the pine
trees.
South and Edgecombe joined
forces and had a water fight
with Nash and North Halls.
Northside had an extension ser
vice in the cafeteria.
The light over the porch of Nash
and North Halls was missing.
The student body wanted to go to
Chapel and Assembly.
The flood lights were turned
around facing-the benches.
President Collins hired a French
maid.
Any of this actually happened.