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VOL. 7—No. 6
THE DECREE
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1965
Library Gets
Memorial Fund
A memorial fund has been
established at N. C. Wesleyan
College to honor the memory of
Dr. H. O. Pearson, a long-time
and beloved practicing physician
of pinetops, N. C.
The hometown friends of the
late Dr. Pearson, donated $600
to establish the fund. It will be
used to subscribe to a 15-volume
“Encyclopedia of World Art,”
10 volumes of which have already
been published. The remaining
volumes will be purchased.by the
fund and placed in the Wesleyan
library as they are published.
Dr. Pearson was a native of
Wilson County and practiced in
Pinetops for more than 30 years.
The committee, working with
Wesleyan Librarian Walter Gray,
selected the art encyclopedia as
a fitting memorial to Dr. Pear
son, McGraw-Hill in its 75-year
history.
The company further claims for
it: “A cultural project that has
not counterpart. Never before
have all the visual arts of all
times and places been presented
within a single, comprehensive
art library. World-renowned his
torians and art critics . . .
carators and archeologists . . ,
specialists^in fine artphotography
and master printers from 35 na
tions are contributing to the rea
lization of this project.
Dr. Thomas A. Collins, pres
ident, joined with Librarian Gray
in expressing to the memorial
committee the college’s appre
ciation for the substantial gift.
Wesleyan’s library now has over
25,000 volumes. It is being added
to at the rate of 4,000 carefully^
selected volumes a year, plans
are progressing for the construc
tion of a $450,000 library build
ing next year.
Christmas holidays begin
on Friday, December 17 at
5 p.m.
Resident halls will close
on Friday afternoon, no
later than 8 p.m. Anyone
wishing to remain on cam
pus Friday night should
contact Dr. Frye for ar
rangements.
The last regular meal
serving wiU be the Noon
meal on Friday, December
17.
Resident halls will re
open at 9 a.m. on Monday,
January 3rd. Women stu
dents must return by 10:30
that evening.
Regular meal service wUl
resume with the evening
meal on the 3rd, but the
snack bar will be open for
those who arrive early.
Classes will resume on
Tuesday. January 4th.
THE DECREE
Wishes You A
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Wesleyan continued to make all
possible progress toward reg
ional accreditation by the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Schools, according to Dr. Tho
mas A. Collins, who has just
returned from the annual meet
ing of the association in Rich
mond.
Wesleyan’s candidate for Mem
bership status in the association
was continued by vote of the as
sociation. The college’s self-
study report was accepted and the
association will send an examin
ing committee to Wesleyan next
spring. The committee will re
port at next year’s annual meet
ing when Wesleyan will first be
come eligible for full member
ship following the graduation of
its third class on June 2, 1966.
N. C. Wesleyan was the first
North Carolina college to be
granted the Candidate for Mem
bership status by 'the associa
tion, a category establislied in
1963 to cover new colleges. The
college has guided in its
progress toward regional ac
creditation by two previous as-
Collins Passes
Sportswear Ruling
The much disputed “Athletic
Attire” ruling was given the go-
ahead December 6th. Dean Frye
announced that the regulation had
received final approval by the ad
ministration. The new rule reads
as follows:
“Good taste in dress is ex
pected of all students at Wes
leyan, Proper sportswear may
be worn in the Student Union
building, excluding the cafe
teria, between the hours of 2:00
p.m. and closing. This attire may
be worn in all dormitory par
lors, excluding Sundays until 7:00
p.m. Such attire is inappropriate
and not permitted in classrooms
and academic areas. It should be
held in mind that each member
of the college community will be
an effective representative of
Wesleyan by exercising ap
propriate habits ofdress in terms
of cleanliness, decency, and neat-
ness. It is hoped that appropriate
dress standards will be achieved
through educational processes
rather than through arbitrary
specifications.”
Recently a similar rule was
announced to be in effect. How
ever, the Senate discovered that
any rule, considered “college
law”, could not be made with
out administrative approval.
The speedy administrative O.K.
on this law came as a surprise
to many students. In the past,
efforts to provide more liberal
apparel rules have met with de
feat.
At the Senate meeting, where
the approval was announced, Defin
of Students, Donald Frye, stress
ed the importance of not abus
ing the added privileges now
given the student.
Senate News
Miss Kay Lipscomb is crowned Miss Mistletoe by Baxter
Myers, chairman cf the social commission. Kay is the
daughter of Mrs. Francis Lipscomb and is from Kinston,
N. C. She is a psychology major and a Wesleyan cheer-
lead^.
Wesleyan Continues
Accreditation Progress
sociation committee visits. The
self-study was made by the fac
ulty throughout last year under
the chairmanship of Dr. Peter
Gerschefski, who edited the re
port.
Wesleyan is an accredited mem
ber of the North Carolina Col
lege Conference and the Senate
of the Methodist Church. Reg
ional accreditation will assure
exchange of credits from Wes
leyan to any college in the United
States.
1966
The Grievance Committee re
cently reported that an average
of thirty-one faculty parking
ispace's in the area behind the
Student Union are not being used
each day. This information was
relayed to the Comptroller and
as a result ten of these park
ing spaces will be made into
student parking.
In an effort to prevent rep-
editions of the recent confusion
surrounding passage and later
retraction of the “Athletic
Attire” rule the Senate attempted
to determine the legislative au
thority of the SGA and the re
lation of this body to adminis
tration and faculty.
SGA President, Guy Turner,
stressed the need for some di
vision of campus rules; Accord
ing to Turner there must be some
division between student laws
(Uiose which may be changed
with outside approval) and col
lege rules ( those which must
have administrative aj^roval to
be changed). The Rules Commit
tee and the three student mem
bers of the student Life and Ser
vices Committee will categorize
these rules.
The Senate discussed the dress
at Sunday dinner. It was sug
gested and urged that male stu
dents wear coats and ties, and
female students wear heels at
Sunday dinner
Guy Turner and Melvin Gay
will attend a symposium at Ford-
ham University later in the school
year. The title of this event is,
•“ The University Student-free and
unvoiced”. Among the prominent
speakers will be Senator Robert
Kennedy. Guy Turner explained
that the relationship between stu
dent government and administra
tion will be one of the major
topics at the event. He added
that at this time Wesleyan is
attempting to develop better stu-
dent-administration relations
and the symposium should be of
aid in this area. The Senate
approved an aoDroDriation
of $150.00 to cover transportation
and other fees for the event.
President Collins sent a rec
ommendation for a Long Range
Planning Committee which will
plan the direction of the school.
H e proposed that the committee
include the President and Vice-
President of the SGA and a re
cent alumnus. The Senate was
asked to evaluate this suggestion.
The recommendation as suggest
ed by the President was aw>roved.
Dana Dickens, Bob Klrkman,
and Blaine Adams were appointed
to form the Radio Station Com
mittee. This committee will
investigate the possibility of
forming an on-campus radio sta
tion. WCEC radio has offered
10 assist in this plan. Further
developments will be made
known.