Decree
VOL. 7 — NO. 7
THE DECREE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1966
Ferrante And Teicher
To Appear January 19
Arthur Ferrante and Louis
Teicher having highly successful
careers as concert pianists, have
become THE outstanding team
in the field of instrumental re
cordings. Their initial hit
“Theme From The Apartment”
was followed by their first mil
lion seller “Exodus” and their
albums for united Artists and
Ultra Audio are consistantly
among the nations’ best selling
packages. Their high artistry
and showmanship have proved
evident by the love and fidelity
the American people have shown
for them.
Ferrante and Teicher have been
playing pianos together since they
were six, when they first met
as students in New York’s Jul-
liard School of Music. Ferrante
was born in New York City, the
son of a violinist who formerly
played in the Capitol Theater
orchestra under the famous
“Roxy”. Teicher, born in Wilkes
Barre, Pennsylvania, moved to
New York at five and a half,
his family having brought him
chiefly with a view to his en
tering the julliard Institute of
Music Art. During their school
days, Arthur and Louis studied
with the same teachers, and later
were graduated from Julliard as
piano majors under carl Fried-
berg. After a brief period of
concertizing, they returned to
Julliard as faculty members,
teaching theory and composition.
During the next few years, they
combined teaching with a limited
schedule of concerts, and worked
together creating new duo piano
material. In 1947, they resigned
from teaching in order to de
vote full time to concert work.
Ferrante and Teicher who will
appear at N. C. Wesleyan Gym
on January 19 at 8:15 p.m.
have been the cause of more
SRO signs in front of concert
halls and theatres than almost
any other attraction on the tour
ing circuit today. Moreover, this
has been the state of affairs for
the past six years. Not only have
they sold out nearly every date
they have played, but for the past
four years, in ninety-nine per
cent of their engagements, they
have sold out the standee sec
tions as well. With any other
attraction, this might be con
sidered something of a record,
with Ferrante and Teicher, it
is commonplace.
This love affair Ferrante and
Teicher have been enjoying with
the public has also spread to
the nation’s press. They have
been applauded, made a fuss
over and raved about, by almost
eyery single newspaper in the
cities in which they have per
formed. Since they have covered
quite a lot of ground in six
years, this adds up to almost
every newspaper and magazine
Ferrante and Teicher, America’s most popular piano team,
will appear on Wesleyan’s campus January 19 at 8:15 p.m.
in the college gymnasium. Tickets are $3.00 for reserved
seats, $2.50 for general admission, Wesleyan students,
$1.50. ’
in the country. A typical re
action to the team came from
the sedate and usually reserved
New York Times, who hailed
them as, "... The most ex
citing instrumental team of our
time”.
They are this generation’s
most exciting instrumental team.
They play the songs of Gershwin,
Bernstein, Rodgers, intersper-
ced with classical works and
Hit Parade numbers, in a style
that is unique and thrilling.
Theirs is a contemporary sound
of driving rhythmic force, com
bined with lush, melodic arrange
ments. They can made two pianos
sound like a complete orchestra,
and , in addition to extensive
musical talents, they are also
delightfully witty and superb co
medians.
The exposure of the Wesleyan
Community to the indeed cultu
ral advancement offered by Fer
rante and Teicher has been made
possible by the social Com
mission.
Sweetheart Dance
Slated For Feb.
The annual Sweetheart Dance of
N. C. Wesleyan College will be
held on February 12 at Tarrytown
Mall, and will feature the Conti
nentals. Clubs throughout the
college community have elected
representative sweethearts who
will be presented at the dance. At
the time of publication, 17 club
sweethearts had been selected,
from which 10 will be chosen for
the court. From the semi-final
ists, a campus sweetheart will be
selected.
Representatives are: Edge
combe Hall, Jeanie Ward; Eco
nomics Club, Marilyn Shepherd;
The Wesleyan Players, Pam
Gibbs; The Monogram Club, Ar
lene Frye; Psychology Club, Lin
da Preston; Phi Kappa Epsilon,
Mary Catherine Flythe; Baptist
Student Union, Dee Hooker; Delta
Club, Elliott Stevenson; Chapel
Choir, Reggie McKinney; As
pects, Ann Porter; APO, Edith
Nurse; Circle K, Dail Harris;
South Hall, Joanne Ives; The Bru
its, Jackie Smith; DISSENTER,
Debbie Neale; Wesleyan sing
ers, Diane Wood and The DE
CREE, Duffle Monroe.
Final preparations for the dance
have not been made as of yet.
Becky Chambers is serving as
chairman of the Sweetheart
Dance and will be assisted by the
Social Commission, headed by
Baxter Myers.
Library Applies
For Fed. Grant
N. C. Wesleyan College ap
plied in November for a fed
eral grant for the library regu
lated by the Higher Education
Facilities Act of 1963 for the
sum of $178,000, or 1/3 of the
total cost of library construc
tion. Friday, January 14th, the
N. C. State Commission on High
er Education Facilities, meet
ing in Raleigh, will decide if
Wesleyan is to get the grant.
The decision by the Commis
sion is an important aspect of
the construction program and
the additional money from the
grant will enable Wesleyan to
start library construction at
once.
Decree to Stop Publication
The Wesleyan Decree, official student newspaper of
North Carolina Wesleyan College is on the verge of stop-
ping publication for the remainder of the academic year.
The final decision of this matter rests with you, the stu
dent body.
The Decree is the only existing means of expressing
student opinion on this campus through Letters to the
Eiditor and Editorials—the one final means of giving the
student a voice in campus affairs and problems. The
Decree publishes current news of and about the student,
affecting him in all phases of college life.
The editorials are opionative in form, expressing the
staff’s ideas on current situations which in reality, are the
ideas and opinions of the entire student body.
The Decree is published for the benefit of the student
alone—but without student help, it will no longer appear.
It is impossible and inconceivable to believe that The
Decree can be written, assembled, published and circu
lated by three or four students who are willing to devote
their time to its publication. The Decree has made out
standing strides in improvement this past semester and
tentative plans are made for drastic action on the part of
the Decree to stir student action next semester.
It must also be taken into consideration that accredita
tion for Wesleyan will come in the Spring. Such an occur
rence as the discontinuation of the newspaper because of
lack of student support will clearly be a “black mark” on
the accreditation papers.
Unless there is a definite and sudden change in student
interest in the Decree, its offices will be closed permanent
ly. Remember before you decide that the Decree is the
only student voice of this campus written for the student
alone. Once it is removed, the possibilities of being reestab
lished are few.
Distinguished World
Affairs Lecturer To Appear
Lisa Sergio, Danforth Lec
turer and specialist on world
affairs, will deliver a free pub
lic lecture at N, C. Wesleyan
College, Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 8:15
p.m. in Garber Chapel.
Miss Sergio was a friend
of the wireless inventor Gugliel-
mo Marconi, interpreter for
Mussolini, first woman radio
commentator in Europe and win
ner of the Legion of Honor.
Shortly before World War n
she came to America and began
a distinguished broadcasting and
lecturing career. Miss Sergio
is recognized on both sides of
the Atlantic as one of the ablest
and best informed analyst of
international afflars.
At NCWC Miss Sergio will
lecture on “The American Po
sition in Western Europe” and
speak at a student convocation
on “Europe Today: Power,
Wealth, and Little Unity.”
In 1932 Miss Sergio was per
suaded by Marconi to enter the
field of radio. She thus became
the first woman commentator in
Europe and was heard «broa,d-
casting regularly in French and
English.
Soon disgusted with totalitar
ianism, Miss Sergio used her
unique position in an attempt to
reveal its dangers. Finally
caught, she evaded arrest and es
caped to America with the aid of
Marconi.
She began broadcasting in
America with NBC, and by th^
time the war began, she had es
tablished herself as one of the
nation’s leading commentators
with New York’s WOXR and with
the ABC network.
She has taught sociology at
Columbia University. For sev
eral years she was editor of an
international news service, cal
led World Around Press, and of
the official publication of the In
ternational Business and Pro
fessional Women.
Miss Sergio’s Wesleyan visit
is sponsored jointly by the Dan
forth Foundation and the Associa
tion of American Colleges.