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THE DECREE
TUESDAY. MAY 24. 1966
Psychology
Department
Receives Grant
North Carolina Wesleyan has
received a $4,100 grant from th6
National Science Foundation
which the college will match
with a like amount for the pur
chase of scientific equipment and
research materials in psychol
ogy. These will supplement Wes
leyan’s expanding curriculum,
according to Asst. Prof. H. Ray
Brackett, project director.
Brackett, who prepared and
submitted the successful request
to NSF, said ‘‘This grant will
particularly alleviate the lack of
duplicate equipment in our la
boratory. Now all our students
will be able to work on the
same experiments during each
lab period.”
Over $7,000 will be spent for
experimental equipment, mostly
in multiples of six pieces of
each. About $600 will be allo
cated for research materials and
psychology journals.
Brackett, who came to Wes
leyan in 1962, is a native of
Boiling Springs. He earned his
B. S. degree at Queens College,
Charlotte, and his M. A. at the
University of Virginia where he Is
a candidate for a Ph.D. degree
in psychology.
President Thomas A. Collins
and Dr. Allen F. Cordts, direc
tor of development for the col
lege, both expressed apprecia
tion for the grant and were high
in their praise of the presen
tation made by Brackett.
Letters To
The Editor
Continued from page 2
REPLY TO HERB HALL
1. I am sorry that I do not see
any “sudden concern” on the part
of the Dean of Students as far as
disciplinary problems are con
cerned. The Dean and the SLA
have been very concerned all year
about this and several people who
have been placed on Social Proba
tion, or restriction will be able to
confirm this for you,
2. Where do you have any basis
for your statement about pres
sure from above? Mr. Hall, there
is no "above” as far as students
are concerned -- the Dean is the
highest power concerned with
student disciplinary problems.
What do you mean by immediate
justice? Is not immediate justice
the best type there can be?
If you do not agree then you
don’t have a concept of
a very good judicial system.
3. Dean Frye’s job as Dean of
Students is not in the least bit of
jeopardy, unless he wishes it
to be. He has a contract with
Skydiving-Favorite
Sport NCWC Student
If you’re sitting at your desk
and you see a white flash pass
your window, don’t press the pan
ic button or call the police.
Chances are what you have seen
tremely dangerous. He insists it
is not. “ I think the most danger-
thing about an afternoon of para
chuting is the drive to the airport.
Before a person is allowed to
is not a UFO, but was probably jump from a plane, he must learn
Tornmy Cheshire pursuing his fa- ^ lot more about parachuting than
vorite sport - parachuting. jjjg average driver knows about
Tommy, a Wesleyan junior, has driving.”
been interested in parachuting, or Recently Tommy was notified
skydiving as it is more commonly tjjaj [jg jg one of two North Car-
known, for about a year. During olinians to be recognized
this time he has logged three members of
Tom Cheshire, a Wesleyan junior, prepares for take
off. Tommy is one of the two North Carolinians to be
recognized as members of the National Collegiate Para
chuting League. Photo by Norton
have any legitimate gripe with
either Dean Frye or the SLA.
You got yourself into the mess
you are now in, now it is your duty
to endure the consequences.
Also, as far as your statements
about Dean Frye are concerned,
it might be a good idea if you
kept your mouth shut when you
don’t know what you are talking
about!
Doug Groseclose
the school. As far as your state
ment that he is the State Execut
ioner, I simply do not see any
basis for this. As far as I have
seen during the course of
this year the Dean is a fair man
to deal with.
4. If you consider yourself to be
a hoodlem, why don’t you talk to
the Dean and maybe you can be in
cluded in his book. The College
Hoodlem is not about thoughtless
^ople running over their
dorm-mothers, it is about col
lege students who commit fe
lonious crimes.
5. Dean Frye has nothing
whatsoever to do with the enroll
ment at Wesleyan. Mr. William
Garlow and Mr. Maxwell handle
this chore as efficiently as it can
be done and I am sure that they
do not need the help of the Dean.
6. Most students do come to
Wesleyan to get an education, Mr.
Hall, but there are those who
would rather raise hell. These
students find that after they have
raised enough hell they are also
scheduled to see the SLA.
Do you feel that there should be
no judiciary system here, no
rules, do you think everyone
should just run around and do as
he or she pleases? I think that
most students would rather spend
two hours with the SLA and
a week on restriction, than fif
teen minutes with the Adminis
tration and a semester at home.
7. Come on, can’t you think up
something a little less ridiculous
than point seven? That is an
idiot’s statement. With all of your
newly found study time, you
should. If you observe restrict-
tion, make the best grades
in the school.
It appears to me that you are
more than a little bitter
about being placed on room re
striction. It also appears to me
that this would never have
happened if you had been intelli
gent enough to leave the room in
your dorm when Mrs. Martiny
asked you to. I don’t think you
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Dr. Thomas A. Collins,
President of the College, an
nounced recently that eight new
professors have been signed
to contracts for the academ
ic year 1966-67.
The Humanities division of
the College will have a new
French professor and a new
music professor, one with a Ph. D
degree and one a candidate for
the Ph.D. Two additional per
sons are under consideration.
In the Social Science Divi
sion, a new Psychology profes
sor has been secured as well
as a professor of American His
tory, a professor of Political
Science and a professor for So
ciology. One or two additional,
persons will be added.
The Science Division will have
a new professor of Mathematics
and an instructor In Physics.
One additional person will be
added.
A faculty of forty-five full
time professors is planned for
the coming academic year with
the Increased student enroll
ment of 700.
Of the new teaching staff for
next year, two have completed
the Ph.D. requirement, two • are
candidates for Ph.D., three are
candidates for the Doctorate and
one Is completing the M.A. at
this time.
jumps. To date his jumps have all
been on a static line (a line con
nected to the plane which au
tomatically opens the jumper’s
chute at a certain height) but he is
looking forward to the time when
he will be qualified to make
a free-fall.
A friend at Lees-McRae College,
which he attended before trans
ferring to Wesleyan last fall, in
troduced Tommy to the sport.
Looking back on that first jump,
he recalls vividly the tension and
nervous apprehension which ac
companied the “big step” out of
the plane, the dreamy float down
ward, and the not-too-graceful
landing in a tree. Since then it
has become a standing joke with
the other jumpers that they are
going to equip him with pole-
climbing spikes so that he can get
out of the trees without causing
so much trouble.
Tommy says most people have
assumed that parachuting is ex-
A Freshman
Speaks
Continued from page 4
is new. I hope everyone who will
be here in the years to come
will take pride in their school
and rather than complain so much
about things, will try to do some
thing about the situation. Make
something of your school, and
with the students we have here,
I feel it can be done! When peo
ple ask you where you go to
school, say NCWC and be proud
of it!!
College is an experience I
wish everyone could have. Kids
go off to college every year for
the first time. For most kids,
this is the first time they have
been “on their own” for any per
iod of time. College is a time for
growing up, a time for discover
ing others, and yourself, a time,
for independence, a time for
mistakes and a time for achieve
ments.
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present he is also a member of
the Sky Knight’s Sport Parachut
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and will soon become a member
of the Parachute Club of Ameri
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So if things on the ground are
getting too crowded or if you’ve
just always wanted to see how
things look to a bird, why not drop
around to see Tommy. He’ll be
glad to take you along the next
time he goes jn»ping. Who
knows, he might even teacb you
how to land in a tree.
Off-Gampus
Housing Plans
Postpone For '66
Dr. Donald L. Frye, Dean of
Students, announced recently that
previously made plans for
off-campus housing next year
have been postponed due to a de
crease in enrollment for the aca
demic year 1966-67. He stated
that Freshman enrollment has
decreased sharply from what was
expected so that there will be ad
ditional space in the resi
dence halls next year.
It is hoped that acceptances will
increase over the summer. If en
rollment reaches the set quota,
those people who have requested
off-campus housing will be not
ified in July and August in order
that they may find homes in Rocky
Mount.
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