May 6, 1966
THE DECREE
PAGE 3
Lloyd’s
Lingerings
By Hal Lloyu
Finally the warm weather has
again arrived at Wesleyan. The
heat of the day and the cool touch
es of the night have strange
effects on most everyone.
In Spring, the need to be near
someone of the opposite sex
becomes more demanding. The
natural attraction of unlike bod
ies, male and female in this case,
seems to be most prominent when
the forms assume a horizontal
position and here in lies the prob
lem.
Two weeks ago, Dean Frye an
nounced to the student body, at
Assembly, that he had received
from President Collins, a memo
randum stating that it is against
school policy for men and women
students to lie alone on the grass.
He explained that It gave very
strange appearances and in
duced dubious thoughts of morali
ty when seen from a distance or a
passing car. When reflected upon
for a moment or so the validity of
this statement becomes apparent.
I would almost be willing to
wager that each of us walking
along the sidewalk at sometime or
another has seen a couple, in the
far distance, lying together on the
grass and upon viewing this
suggestive scene have thought “I
wonder just what they’ re doing out
there?” or “Well, we know how
they spend their date-nights!”
As is plainly apparent to see this
mode of behavior on campus in
public view of classes, visitors,
or passersby certainly does not
pin any medals on the “lovers”
for‘high moral display.
Any of my readers who know me,
will testify that I’m definitely
not against a display of affection
between two people who possess
the same desires. But I do believe
that these expressions should
be done privately and with the ex
clusion of the “publiceye.” lean
not see the need to put up to public
viewing the horizontal behavior of
two people. I’m sure that the
viewers have no interest in the
sight, other than sheer wonder
ment, and with some students It
might even be a source of em
barrassment.
I believe that the reminder by
President Collins was in order
and totally within his bounds as an
administrative official. The
place to lie down for a couple is
not on campus, no more than
it is on your front lawn or a church
yard. The place for such behavior
is away from everyone else,
the position is just too suggestive,
N.C. Annual
Conference
To Be Held
Information on the 1966 session
of the N. C. Annual Conference of
The Methodist Church to be held
in Rocky Mount on June 13 - 16
is being mailed this weekend to
the 1,200 expected delegates,
about evenly divided between
clerical and lay members.
The letter, giving complete de
tails on housing and dining ar
rangements, bears the signatures
of Dr. Thomas A. Collins, presi
dent of N. C. Wesleyan College,
: and the Rev. Johnie L. Joyce, pas-
i tor of the First Methodist Church,
both of Rocky Mount, whose in- .
, stitutions are serving as joint,
: hosts for this year’s conference,
I Nearly all male delegates will be
housed at the college, which
will serve breakfast to all del
egates Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday mornings. Several
special dinners are being ar
ranged, all of which also will be
served at the college. Most of the
women delegates will be housed in
private homes. A listing of mo
tels with over 300 available
rooms is also being sent for those
desiring to make individual ar
rangements for their stay.
Circle K
Sponsors
Talent Show
Barbara Crawford as Mistress Ford and Diane Wood as
Mistress Page in “The Merry Wives of Windsor” took first
place honors in the Circle K Talent Show last Friday night
POTPOURRI
Continued From Page 2
It is very difficult to de
scribe the workings of the S. L. A.
unless you are a member of that
body. There are few people on
this campus who know enough
about the S. L. A. to justly crit
icize it. How many of you, who
are so quick to criticize, have
heard the testimonies of all the
students involved? In other
words, /nost of you don’t really
know what went on in either
the preliminary hearing or the
trial, therefore you have no basis
for criticism.
It also revolts me to hear
students carp about the terrible
job the S.L.A. is doing and about
how terrible next years S.L.A.
is going to be when less than
215 votes were cast in the S.L.A.
election! How Interested can the
student body really be when they
don’t even care who the mem
bers of the S. L.A. are?
Being a member of the Judi
ciary Board is probably one of
vorst and most responsible jobs
which a student can be given.
It is also a job which should be
of prime importance to the stu
dent body, even more so than
jthe Student Government offices.
[l cannot comprehend how students
:an continuously complain about
the S.L.A.’s responsibility when
the students themselves shirk
their responsibility to vote. If
everyone is so concerned about
the S. L. A, why didn’t they show
this interest by voting?
It is very easy for a few
angry people to Influence a large
number of ignorant people, and
this is the case at this time.
The people who are criticizing
the decision are completely ig
norant of the facts involved In
the cases. I am not saying that
everyone has to be an authority
on these cases before they make
an evaluation, but, 1 am saying
that everyone should at least
find out as many of the facts
as possible. This has not been
done and I do not expect it to be
done anytime in the future. People
will continue to jump to ri
diculous conclusions, make stu
pid judgements, and support
fraudulant causes, as long as they
are people.
The Circle K Club of N. C. Wes
leyan sponsored a Talent Show,
Friday, April 30, in the college
gymnasium. Diane Wood and
Barbara Crawford took first
place honors with a selection
of “The Merry Wives of Wind
sor” while second place went
to Tom Garlow, Chic Ball and
Jackie Fritts with their vocal
selection of “Sloop John B.” and
“Puff, the Magic Dragon”. Mag
gie Poole singing “Summertime”
and “Since My Man is Gone” won
third place honors. Winners of
the talent show received cash
prizes of $15, $10and|5, respect
ively.
Other contestants in the show
were Kris O’Connor and Brian
Flynn presenting folksong se
lections, followed by Doug Grose -
close with “Gigi” and “They Call
the Wind Myria”. Jo-Jo Ricks
from the Pickle Capital of the
South and Hal Lloyd sang two folk
songs to be followed by a com
edy song and dance act composed
of Nancy Lee, Tess Ledford,
Cathy Johnson, and Peggy Garvin.
Jack Breedlove performed on the
piano. Bill Barto presented a vo
cal selection, Diane Mallilieu
performed a comcdy song routine
and Nann Brown, Nacy Gresh, and
Sheery Bagean did a comedy song
and dance act. George Ennis sang
“On a Clear Day” and “Fineand
Dandy” followed by a Chorus Line
of Beauties composed of Carl Al
derman, A1 Stallings, Joe Boling,
Paul Robinette, Bill Barto, and
Jackie Winstead,
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