NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
VOL. EX, NO. 12
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1968
Mizelle Presents
Poem Again
SGA ELECTIONS HELD
“Elegy for Dylan Thomas:
A Poem for the Theater,” by
Vance Mizelle, assistant pro
fessor of English here was pre
sented at the Tank Theater on
March 18 and 19,
The elegaic work, which was
enthusiastically received when
given its premier reading at
the college last Dec. 11, re
calls the sudden and tragic
death of the famous Welsh poet
here in America 14 years ago.
The mood of the elegy is in
terrupted from time to time
with excerpts from Thomas’s
poetry and prose.
Mizell was joined in the read
ing by two fellow faculty mem
bers and one student fromN. C.
Wesleyan; Dr. Jack E. Tea
garden, professor of English
and chairman of the Humani
ties Division; Miss Kathleen
Malley, instructor of English;
and George Watson, a senior
English major from Gold Rock,
N. C.
Mizelle has been active in
the Tank Theater, the latest
adjunct of the f^ed Rocky
Mounts Arts Center, since its
inception. He directed its first
two productions last year and
piayed roles in its latest two
plays. The elegy is the first
time one of his own compo-
sitons has been presented.
As campaigns and candidates
have become the center of at
tention throughout the state and
nation, so it is that students
at N. C. Wesleyan have found
their thoughts and energies cen
tered on the election of SGA
officers for the coming year.
Campaigns began with the filing
of applications with the SGA
office by March 1, The fol
lowing days found the halls of
nearly every major building
on campus decorated with a
variety of art work urging each
student to support this candi
date or that.
Mr. Mizzelle
toss Bonnie Royster, di
rector of the Tank Theater,
expressed delight in being able
to present the elegy. She ex
plained that one of the func
tions of the Tank Theater was
to make available and as wide
spread as possible the works
by local writers in furtherance
oi-the community theater.
Monogram Club To Present
Blackman
On March 5, 1968 at 11:00
AM a special elections assem
bly was called and all candi
dates for the offices were pre
sented to the student body by
Jack Winstead, this year’s SGA
President Candidates for the
office of Defense Counselor
On March 30, 1968, the Mon
ogram Club of North Carolina
Wesleyan College will hold its
Second Annual Horse Show. The
show will be held on the north
end of the campus located six
miles north of Rocky Mount,
N. C. on Highway 301. Pre
dominately a western show, ri
ders from Eastern North Car
olina and South Eastern Vir
ginia are expected to exhibit
horses as they did last year.
It is the desire of the Mono
gram Club to establish this show
as an annual event which the
citizens of this area can look
forward to each year. As it
Second Annual Horse Show
is one of the first shows of
the season, it gives exhibitors
a chance to show their horses
and ponies in order to prepare
them for the spring and sum
mer shows. Although young,
the show offers a wide variety
of classes with trophies and
ribbons given in all classes.
Plans for this year’s show
began in early December and
will culminate with the show
on March 30. All members
of the Club participated in the
planning, headed by President
Barry Buck of Silver Spring,
Md. and Tony DeMuth, Jr. of
Farmville, Va. Those mem
THE N. C. WESLEYAN CONCERT BAND WILL
GIVE ITS SPRING CONCERT TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 8:15 P. M. IN THE GYMNASIUM.
MR. DILL WILL CONDUCT AND IT IS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC FREE OF CHARGE.
bers with previous show ex
perience head the various com
mittees, but the work is shared
equally. Through this Horse
Show, the Monogram Club pur
sues its chief goal of promoting
sports, not only on the Wes
leyan Campus, but throughout
the area.
One of the outstanding fea
tures of the show is that it
allows the younger riders fun
and show experience. Many
of the riders are under the age
of 16. Many of the classes
were designed for the younger
riders in order that they might
build self-confidence in show
ing at a young age. This,
according to several advisors
of the show, is most important
in helping future exhibitors.
Thoge who start showing at the
age of six are reasonably ex
perienced by the time they are
fifteen. This is not to say
that the show does not offer
anything for the older, more
experienced rider. There are
an equal number of strictly
adult classes offered-
On March 30, the Monogram
Club is anticipating more than
last year’s number of exhibi
tors. As the show grows
through the years, it may well
become one of the best in
Eastern North Carolina. Only
time will telL
were Brian Flynn and John
Woollen; for the office of At
torney General the candidates
were Alvin Horne and Jim
Overby. Only one candidate,
Linda Lane, sought the office
of Treasurer. Likewise, Mari
lyn Schoon, running for re-
election to the office of Sec
retary was unopposed in her
campaign, Jim Gill and Glenn
Cockrell were the candidates
for the office of Vice Presi
dent. For the office of SGA
President, one of the highest
honors obtainable by a N. C.
Wesleyan student, thenomi:
in the coming election and to
present his platform. The stu
dent body was urged both by
the candidates and the SGA
President to exercise their
right to participate in the stu
dent government by supporting
a candidate, backing his efforts,
and above all by voting during
the March 8th election.
The fairly representative
voting made Jess Blackman the
next President of the SGA.
Glenn Cockrell was the suc
cessful candidate for the office
of Vice-President. Marilyn
Overby
Cockrell
were Charles Kemp, current
Vice President of the SGA, and
Jess Blackman, a transfer stu
dent and chairman of the elec
tions committee.
Each candidate had the op
portunity of speaking to the stu
dent body to ask for support
Schoon and Linda Lane, both
unopposed, were elected Sec
retary and Treasurer respec
tively. Brian Flynn will serve
as Defense Counselor next year
and he will be opposed by Jim
Overby, Attorney-General,
Noted Author Lectures Here
Will Oursler, one of
America’s most distinguished
authors, delivered a public lec
ture here in N. C. Wesleyan
College’s Garber Chapel
Thursday, March 14, at 8:15
p. m. The public was invited
to attend without charge.
The lecture, entitled “Stop
Living With Cliches,” was one
of many given by Oursler, who
is considered by many to be a
leading spokesman on matters
of current importance. By
relating to literature, religion,
art and many other areas of
current controversy, Oursler
relates his own dynamic phi
losophy of man in a free so
ciety.
Born in Baltimore, Oursler
was graduated cum laude from
Harvard College in 1937. Af
ter a brief newspaper career
in Boston, he became assistant
editor of Detective Magazines,
a position he held until 1943
when he became a war cor
respondent in the Pacific for a
magazine syndicate.
He has been a free-lance
writer and lecturer since the
close of the war and has writ
ten a number of well received
books. Among them are “Nar
cotics, America’s Peril,”
“The Boy Scout Story,” “The
Healing Power of Faith,”
‘•'Light in the Jungle” and many
others.
His credits also include nu
merous articles published in
such magazines as Esquire,
Nation’s Business, Reader’s
Digest, Parade and others.
Mr. Will Oursler