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The Qt THRO(/e^ Decree U. s. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 217 Rocky Mount, N. C. Non-Profit Organization The Voice of North Carolina V/esleyan CoJIege 8 - NO. Rocky Mount, North Carolina Friday, September 30, 1966 Construction continues on W&s/eyan’.s library. Library Construction in Full Swing Returning students and new comers to the Wesleyan campus were greeted this year by the sight of the bright orange girders and half-bricked walls of the new Library. The library, as yet un named, was begun late last spring by the Rose Construction Com pany of Rocky Mount. This new edition to Wesleyan’s academic facilities, which is being built for an estimated cost • of four hundred fifty thousand dol lars, is scheduled for com pletion on May 16, 1967, but ac cording to Mr. Walter Gray, Wesleyan’s head librarian, more time is being alloted and it should be finished by the end of the second semester. Mr. Gray went on to say that since “we will be moving into the new library during summer school a temporary library will be provided for those who need to use It. This temporary library,” Mr. Gray added, “will consist primarily of reference books and a few periodicals.” the building to meet the The interior of has been designed needs of a growing student body. It consists of a “generally open space” which will lend itself to freedom of movement and expansion. The library will seat approximately 250 students. There will also be carpeting, air conditioning and an increase ' in the size of the collection. It is hoped that these improvements will be both used and appreciated by the students in the future. With the increased size of the library building there will also be an increase in the size of the library staff and the number of volumes upon the shelves. Mr. Gray said that the staff would increase to “five full-time pro fessional people” in addition to secretaries and student assis tants. The collection of books will be markedly increased. At pre sent there are twenty-seven thousand volumes, but this ( See LIBRARY, p. 4, col. 1 ) Professor Speaks on Student Unrest Palo Alto, Calif. - (I. p.) - “Student activists reflect the very tendencies against which they rebel—their rejection of authority tends to be quite machine-like and impersonal,” according to Prof. Philip H. Rhinelander of Stanford Uni versity. A philosopher. Prof. Rhine lander has received the Univer sity’s highest award for under graduate teaching and currently heads the Committee of Fifteen, a joint group of students, facul ty and officers which discusses and tries to help resolve con flicts within the University. “The process of depersonali zation has gone so far that those who protest it have been caught up in it. They exemplify in their own attitudes the very tenden cies which they decry,” he added. “This is the most alarming fea ture of the situation.” In protesting against the im personality and machine-like treatment in large institutions, Prof. Rhinelander noted, “the students are reflecting an at titude found in modem literature and philosophy—a protest against the dehumanization of a techno logical society in which men tend to become units, numbers, per formers of function, rather than individual persons.” But students themselves re flect this problem, he added: “The more extreme activists do not seem to discriminate among particular individuals according to their individual views; they do not declare for liberal adminis trators as against reactionary ( See unrest; p. 7, col. 1) Message from the President Senate Holds I Welcome to more than 200 new students, and welcome back to our 450 returning Wesleyan stu dents. You will find the class room addition to the Gymnasium rapidly nearing completion. We hope to move most of the Music Department into these quarters during October until we can build the auditorium fine arts complex soon. The walls of the new library building are rising rapidly. We expect to see this completed this school year. By virtue of a $5,000 book grant from the Federal government, and a $30,000 grant from the Babcock Foundation, we expect our library lx)ok acquis- tions to expand rapidly with many exciting new resources for your advancement. A number of faculty changes and additions have been made strengthening several subject areas such as Psychology, Eco nomics, Religion, modern lan guages, and others. We have kept our student teacher rate low for your guidance ^nd instruc tion. It remains between 14 and 15 to 1, a most favorable rela tionship. The faculty includes 45 full time members and 3 part time members. On Tuesday, October 25, Wes leyan will celebrate the 10th an niversary of the charter granted by the state. At this Founders’ Day Convocation, a prominent political figure will deliver the main address. We will unveil a highway historical marker, and we will honor many ofthe friends who made Wesleyan possible. You will share prominently in these celebrations. This should mark our finest year for many reasons. Promi nent among these reasons is the report which will be made by a special visiting committee to the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Schools and Col leges, to meet in Miami Beach in late November. We will apply for full membership, and follow ing the commendable report of this committee, we anticiapte the granting of full membership and accreditation. This would be re troactive to the first class enrolled at_ Wesleyan. This is a goal toward which we have been moving from the day North Caro lina Wesleyan College was chartered by the Church and by the State of North Carolina. We plan one important addition to the college organization this year. In October we will inau gurate a “President’s Cabinet” which will consist of a monthly meeting between the President, his administrative officers, and student representatives...some- times the officers of the Stu dent Government Association, sometimes class officers, some- ( See MESSAGE, p. 4, col. 1 ) m SLA Judicial Change Sports Coverage Senate to Vote on Abolition of SociaJ Probation The Senate held a short meet ing Wednesday night. The pri mary purpose of this meeting was to discuss some proposed changes in the election of officers for the Freshman men’s dormi- itory. i This year a new policy is being tested in Edgecombe Hall, a trou-- ble spot of the past, although legislation to legalize the policy has yet to be enacted. In the past election of a dormitory president and other dormitory officials was held on the third Tuesday of October. Many stu dent officials felt this election date was not a wise choice due to the fact that the freshmen would not have had time to be come well enough acquainted with each other to make wise selec tions for their officers, and that those who ran for the offices had not had sufficient time to become acquainted with what was involved in each of the positions. As a result a plan was devised and put into temporary ef fect whereby the dormitory of ficials were appointed from the upper classes to serve Edge combe for the first semester. In addition to their regular duties, these officials are expected to set a good example for the residents of the dorm and act as advisors to the resi dents. It was felt that by the , end of the semester the men living in Edgecombe would then be in a much better position to make more adequate selections of their own dormitory government. The proposal fo r making this change of policy a part of the constitution was unanimously approved by the attending mem bers of the Senate. The proposed changes involving the wording of certain sections of Amendment 10 are: Sect. 3. Manner of electing freshman women’s RHC: a. The nomination of freshman women’s RHC shall be on the third Tues day in October. The nomination shall be made in residence hall meeting presided over by the Elections Committee,, b. The election of freshman women’s RHC’s shall be on Fri day following the day of nomi nation for freshman women’s RHC’s. The manner of election shall be determined by the Senate. Sect. 4. Manner of electing freshman men’s RHC: a. The nomination of freshman men’s RHC’s shall be onthethirdTues- day in February. The nomi nations shall be maae in residence hall meetings presided over by the Elections Committee. b. The election of freshman men’s RHC’s shall be on the Friday following the day of nomi nations for freshman men’s RHC’s. The manner of election shall be determined by the Sen ate. Sect. 5. Freshman men’s Resi dence Hall positions: a. Nomi nations for residence hall posi tions shall be on the second Tuesday of February in a resi dence hall meeting. b. Elections shall be on the Friday following nominations. The manner of elections shall be determined by the Senate. In addition to these changes in the by-laws, a proposed amend ment to the article dealing with the Judiciary Board was intro duced and approved for process ing. The wording for Article 3, Section I was revised to read Initial Meeting voting members who shall be elected by the association from twelve students nominated by the Senate. The candidate with the highest number of votes shall be chairman and the next six high est shall be the other six voting members. Since this change, if approved, will be added during the school year, elections will be held to elect 5 members, four to fill the newly created positions and the fifth to replace a member who resigned. These five are to be elected from a panel of nine nominations submitted by the Senate. It was revealed by Melvin Gay, presiding officer at this skele ton meeting, that an open meeting for the Student body would be held immediately following the Senate meeting on Monday, Octo ber 3, for the purpose of dis cussing the proposed-changes. All interested students were urged to attend this meeting. The session was concluded with a brief discussion of some of the organization plans for stu dent government for the up coming year. Dr. Wilde Appointed Dean of Students hr. Sim Wilde was recently appointed acting Dean of Stu dents, filling the position vacated by Dr. Donald Frye. Dr. Wilde assumed his duties just prior to the beginning of the 1966-67 school term. The addition of the duties of Dean of Students makes Dr. Wilde on of the busiest' men on the Wesleyan campus. He is current ly head of the Student Teaching Program, teaches two education classes. Is a consulti .t to several local school systems, and teaches a graduate course at East Carolina College as a part of the In-service teacher program. Dr. Wilde holds degrees from four institutions. He did his undergraduate work at Mars Hill College where he received the Associate of Arts Degree in 1948 and at Appalachian State where he received the Bachelor of Science Degree in 1949. He received his Master of Arts Degree in Educa tion from Western Carolina Col lege in 1957 and the Doctor of Education Degree from the Uni versity of North Carolina in 1965. Dr. Wilde has taught at both the high school and college level. He was a teacher in the pub lic schools of North Carolina for ten years. He then moved to the University of North Carolina Adhere he served as a graduate issistant and later as a Social See WILDE, p. 2, col. 3 ^
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