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The Decree U. s. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 217 Rocky AAount, N. C. Hon-Profit Organization Vol. vni, No. 12 ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday, April 4, 1967 Fifteen Candidates Seek Election Winstead Unopposed for Pres: Five File For Vice-President Boardway Actor Keefer to Present "Anton Chekhov and the Human Comedy" A total of fifteen persons have filed petitions of candi dacy for the six major student government offices for the 1967-68 school year. Elections for the six offices will be held April 15 with the can didates delivering their cam paign speeches April 11. For the second successive year only one dandidate has filed for SGA president. Jack Winstead, a junior, will be un opposed in his bid for the po sition of head of student gov ernment. A real battle is shaping up for the vice-presidency, how ever, with no less thii five candidates, including two wom en, vying for the seat. The two women seeking the office are Allan Ragsdale and Nann Brown, with Jerry Merritt, J a mes Polley and Charles Ke mp representing the males. Marilyn Schoon, the present SGA secretary, will be opposed by Dale Pixley in her bid for reelection, while three candi dates have filed for the treas urer post. Virginia Hall, Doug- Windes and Ed Smith III will be seeking election as SGA urer. Another hot battle is form ing in the race for Attorney General, with three candidates in the running. Ray Martin, Billy Norton, and Ron Cren shaw, new-comer to the Wes leyan political scene, have all filed petitions for this office. Tom Moore rounds out the list as the unopposed candi date for defense counselor. This office, newly formed this year, has been created to pro vide students who must appear before the SLA with counsel on their behalf. Set up on the public defender principle, the defense coimselor may be called upon by anyone to rep resent them, although students may still maintain the right to choose any defense coun selor they wish. The following is a run-down of the candidates with a brief resume of his qualifications and activities at Wesleyan: PRESIDENT A junior from Mt. Olive, N. C., Jack Winstead has been quite active in campus politics in recent years. He is the current junior class president, served on the orientation com mittee and is a member of the Circle K and Economics clubs. Jack is an economics major. VICE-PRESIDENT Allan Ragsdale is a sopho more history major from Wav- erly, Va. She is a current member of the SLA, is a for mer senator from Nash Hall, and served on the 1966 Orien tation Committee. She was a member of the 1966 Home coming Court. Jerry Merritt was a senator in 1965 and is a member of the circle K club. The junior mathematics major from Kins ton, N. C., has also played baseball and basketball at Wes leyan. Nann Brown, a sophomore English education major from Alexandria, Va., has been quite active in campus politics in her two years at Wesleyan. She has been vice president of both her freshman and soph omore classes, is a member of the Social Commission, and has served on the Elections Committee. She is also a member of the Wesleyan Play ers and has served with the Dissenter and Decree staffs. Jack Winstead A sophomore history major from Alexandria, Va,, James Polley is the current chair man of the Elections Commit tee. Jim also served on the 1966 Orientation Committee and has been active as a member of the Circle K and yearbook staff. Charles Kemp is a sopho more history major from Fair mont, N. C. He is a mem ber of the Food Services Com mission, treasurer of the SNEA, a member of the Circle K and has served as an SLA judge. SECRETARY Maril)m Schoon, a sophomore English major from Bethesda, Md., is the present secretary of the SGA seeking reelection to a second term. The 1965 runner-up for the Freshman English Cup, Dale Pixley enters her name in cam pus politics for the first time. A junior English major from Roxboro, N. C., she is a mem ber of the chapel choir. Con cert Band and Bruits, and is a former member of the De- c ree staff. She was the junior attendant to the Homecoming C ourt this past fall. TREASURER Virginia Hall is a junior from Radcliffe, Va., majoring in biology. She is a transfer from Louisburg Jr. College where she was editor of the campus newspaper, a member of Phi Theta Kappa and a mem ber of the 1965 Homecoming Court. Douglas Windes is a junior from Silver Spring, Md., ma joring in economics. He is the current treasurer of the junior class. Edward Franklin Smith III is the only freshman seeking election. A native of Wilming ton, N. C., he was active in student government at Orange (continued on page 3) Don Keefer, an outstanding actor who has distinguished himself on stage, screen and television, will be on the Wes leyan campus April 4 for a performance of his one-man show, “Anton Chekhov and the Human Comedy.” The performance, brought to campus through the auspices of the Leigh Bureau of Lec tures, Concerts and Entertain ers, will be given in Garber Chapel at 8:15 and is free of charge. Full 'of laughter and com passion, Keefer’s program pre sents the early Chekhov—the handsome, mirthful young coun try doctor who was also a sophisticated man of letters. Keefer, dressed in the cos tume of the period and look ing much as Chekhov must have looked, peoples the stage with characters fresh out of the early farces, notes, letters and stories. That Chekhov’s characters remain as timely and human in their problems as if they were alive today is amply evi denced by the program Itself, which includes: “Onthe Harm fulness of Tobacco,” in which a lecturer unwittingly reveals the comedy and pathos of his own life; “From His Person al Papers” in which Chekhov talks uninhlbitedly about the theater, the people in it, love and marriage and writes two charming autobiographical let ters to publishers; “A Lam poon on the Intelligentsia,” a parody in which a self-styled “Moscow Hamlet” reveals himself for the phony intellect ual he is. Also Included on the pro gram are “The Conqueror’s Triumph,” a devastating les son on how to succeed, uni versally applicable in Its Irony; “A Letter to Nicholai,” in which the famous playwright writes to his brother, a talented young artist, on what constitutes a cultured human being; “How to Woo a Married Lady,” a witty story that could teach husbands a lesson; “A Sum mer in the Country,” a far cical play that every commut er will well understand; and “What It is to be a Human Being,’' a moving letter and apt summation that gives the feeling of intimacy and real insight Into Chekhov himself. A charter member of the famous Actors’ Studio in New 5fork, Don Keefer has won en thusiastic praise on both coasts and on the national television screen, where he has appeared on all the major shows, includ ing “Gunsmoke,” “The Fugi tive,” “Rawhide,” “The Real McCoys,” and the CBS comedy series “Angel,” to name only a few. Winner of Broadway’s valued Clarence Derwent Award, for his outstanding performance as the American Counsel in “Flight into Egypt,” he has an impressive list of credits on the New York stage. At an early age he was already play ing in support of such theater greats as Ethel Barrymore (“The Joyous Season”), Helen Hayes (“Harriet”), and Jose Ferrer (“Othello”). Moss Hart, Eli Kazan and Margaret Webster were a few of the noted directors with whom he worked. Don Keefer won particular distinction on Broadway not on ly for his acting but as the only performer to remain In the production of “Death of a Salesman” for Its entire run. The New York critics saluted his remarkable protrayal of (continued on page 3) Senior In Azalea Court Linda Preston, a Wgsleyan senior from Huddleston, Va., will be a member of the court of honor at the 20th Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival to be held in Wilmington, April 6 through 9. Miss Preston, the reigning Wesleyan Homecoming Queen, will join 13 other beauties from North Carolina colleges to form the court of honor for TV star Melody Patterson, this year’s Azalea Queen. Selected as Queens by their fellow-students, these 14 young ladies will be escorted by ca dets of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy through the four days of festival activities. Their itinerary will include visits to the U.S.S. North Carolina, a special Queen’s Court Dance at Wilmington College, riding on the Queen’s float in the giant Azalea Festival parade, a pic nic at flower-filled Airlie Gar dens, and participation in the Queen’s Coronation Pageant. ON THE INSIDE . . . Constitutional Changes page 2 The Reader is asked to pay close attention to the pro posed constitutional changes listed in the editorial section. Vice-Presidential Candidates page 3 A pictorial look at the five candidates for SGA vice president. New Draft Proposals page 4 In his column Around Campus, editor Ronnie Crouch outlines the proposed changes in the draft system and lists some of the discussions which have stermned from them.
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