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Decree
VOL. IX—NO. 2:
KOCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROUNA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1967
NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS OPEN SOCIAL SEASON
NEW COURSE PLAN OFFERED
Seniors, do you plan on re
ceiving your degree this school
year?
Perhaps you have reviewed
your record to see if your
quality points and hours will
allow you to graduate. It may
be that sometime during your
years here you have bypassed
certain courses. If you were
wary of competing with students
who may have been more in
formed on particular subjects,
or if you were tied down by a
busy social schedule, the faculty
has at last provided an answer.
You are now able to gain
additional hours without endan
gering your quality point
average. Now, at Wesleyan, any
course may be taken for credit
Minstrels Give Interview
By Tom Mowbray and Jim Clark
The Night of September 26,
1967 will long remain a bright
spot in the history of Wes-
leyan’s progressive social life.
As a hopeful beginning to a
new series of performances,
the New Christy Minstrels pro
vided a dynamic kick-off to the
Social Commission’s fall pro
gram.
As the first appearance in
their fall season, the Minstrels
gave a never to be forgotten
performance. Featuring Dave
Ellingson, _ from Eugene, Ore
gon; Sean" Me Kenny, Based
in Los Angeles; Kim Carres,
a delightful citizen of Pasa
dena; Mayf Mutter from all
over, but especially Los An
geles; Marlene Silver an out
standing brunette from Los
Angeles; Mark Springer who
hails from Chicago; Gill
Rogers, a resident of L. A.;
and Joe Travis from Union,
New Jersey, the New Christy
Minstrels made Wesleyan their
first stop after an European
tour.
While spending a week in
London, another week in North
ern England, and 17 days in
Germany, the Minstrels pro
vided entertainment at night
clubs, as well as for military
establishments. Upon their re
turn home, the group was en
thusiastic over the collegiate
tour which loomed ahead. Al
most all of the Minstrels are
accustomed to collegiate life,
and their production reflects a
wide degree of experience with
college level audience^
Wesleyan students were in
trigued with David Ellingson’s
monologue concerning Battle-
boro’s booming air field and
Rocky Mount’s infamous Re
treat. Having set the stage
for informality, the Minstrels
found its audience to be warm
and extremely responsive.
The large turnout was an
important factor in the group’s
theory that larger audiences
enable the performers to
“warm-up” and to really give
their best. Of course, the
spontaneous excitement and
bubbling enthusiasm radiated
by the group was an essential
ingredient in a most enjoyable
evening.
One of the'Outstanding fea
tures of this group is^.the mix
ture 'of soloists into a team
production. During the show,
the audience was able to dis
cover the individual talent, as
well as the powerful team ef
fort of each member. The
final applause was in^cative
of equal enjoyment of each of
the Minstrels. The theory be
hind this particular group is
that the name Minstrels keeps
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MINSTRELS SWING
Something To Do
Ask Bill Gar low, the assistant
registrar, to whom is he the
assistant.
only, under the following con
ditions': 1. The prerequisites
of the course have been met.
2. Junior standing has been
achieved and 3. The course
will not be offered to satisfy
any general, group, or major
requirements, but will count
as elective credit.
Any student may apply up to
eighteen hours of “no grade”
credit toward graduation, ef
fective in the Fall of 1967.
The grades for such courses
will be S (for satisfactory) and
U (for unsatisfactory). All
non-quality, point courses will
now be graded by S and U,
including all courses presently
graded by P and F
Chapel Choir
Organizes
This year, Wesleyan’s Chapel
Choir — a group of select
voices — is bigger and better
than ever. The choir, which is
composed of thirty-eight reg
ular members, will travel as
far as northern Florida for
their annual tour, which is
s lated for February.
There was a large crop of
excellent freshman voices who
will sing each week for chapel
services, but will be used as
alternates for the tour. When
asked about the enlargement
of the choir, Mr. Lawrence
Gupton, director, said, “We
feel that a large choir will be
most helpful in leading our
chapel services here on cam-
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SPECIAL
SESSION
DELAYED
A faculty consideration to
include a special session in
the ’67 - ’68 term was not
carried out this year. Instead,
a resolution was passed to make
a thorough study of the total
curricular program. The re
sults of this study are to be
presented to the faculty by the
beginning of the spring
semester of ’68.
While it unfortunate that more
decisive action was not taken,
the special session at Wesleyan
is not dead. The proposed
session would have resulted in
a shortened fall semester* and
a special January term. Dur
ing this term the students would
be engaged in special courses
and projects of particular in
terest to the individual student.
Perhaps if the student body
would express an interest in
this special session to the
faculty, this inovation may be
e mployed next year.