THE IMSCREE, Page 2
EDITORIAL
We the staff of the Decree in a moment of re
flection over the past year would like to take this
opportunity to thank all those persons who have
offered both their services and their cooperation.
We appreciate your support in times of crises.
However, at the same time we can not apologize
for our effort to seek the truth and to portray it
in it’s various forms to the members of the Wesleyan
Community. We have attempted to aggravate these
same people into action. Sometimes we have been
successful and others we have only succeeded in
bringing the facts into the open, but this also is a
measure of success.
Finally we charge the students of Wesleyan with
the responsibility for aiding in the growth and de
velopment of this paper. We challenge them to
take the time to not only be concerned but to do
something about each and every problem which
may arise. Wesleyan is more than capable of deal-
ing with any situation which may arise.
CHANGES MADE...
The following changes have
been • made as of April 30,
1968 on our graduation re*
quirements. These changes
are an innovation which is
in line with the May term for
next year. In general terms,
the changes in graduation re
quirements will give students
more opportunity to elect their
own courses and will reduce •
the number of required
courses.
Graduation Requirements
Required Courses
♦English Composition n
(or demonstrated profi
ciency) - 3 s. h.
Religion 1 and any other 3
hours in Religion or Phi
losophy - 6 s. h.
♦Foreign Langmges - In
termediate level (or demon
strated proficiency)- 0-12
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s. h.
Physical Education - 4
s. h.
Total Maximum Require
ment - 25 s, h.
Divisional Requirements
Only lower' level courses
that carry 3 or more semester
hours will satisfy these re
quirements.
Two courses in the Division
of a student’s major field in
separate areas, but not in the
major.
Two courses in each of the
remaining Divisions in sepa
rate areas.
Courses taken in the May
term will not apply to Divi
sional requirements.
♦Exemptions will be de
termined by the respective de
partment through exami
nations given annually just
prior to the Fall term.
Wilde
Addresses
Students
The student assembly held on
the 30th of April was the oc
casion for Dean Wilde’s annual
address on the status of student
affairs. Dean Wilde started
with a few comments about the
apathetic attitude of some of
Qur students. It seems that he
has decided that the best policy
is to take those students who
show an active interest and to
then pursue the interests which
they reflect.
He then gave some of the
statistics compiled by the rec
ords office. Wesleyan had a
2.28 overall quality point av
erage for the first semester.
The most outstanding academic
units on the campus are the
upperclasswomen of North Hall
and the “townies,” who tied for
first place with an average of
2.43. The "duds” of the cam
pus seem to reside on the
third floor of Edgecombe Hall,
for it was this group that ob
tained the lowest average. The
most outstanding student aca
demically was next year’s SGA
President, Jess Blackman, who
exhibited a straight “A” aver
age. The Dean went on to
cite the growth of the SGA
and the active participation of
the students on three commit
tees in cooperation with the
faculty. He mentioned the at
tempt to create a new com
mittee which would actually be
able to advise the faculty as
to the opinions of the student
body on academic affairs. It
is hoped that the great amount
of confidence placed in the SGA
by the college will help to build
a strong tradition of student
government here. He stated
that the problem seemed to be
in the lack of participation on
the part of the students, and
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tration.
that this would serve as the
hindering factor to the advance
ment of the cause of student
government and “student pow
er”. Dr. Wilde left it up to
the students to demand that
they have a strong and repre
sentative government, and that
all of the various aspects of
student life be conducted in a
manner which was both pleas
ing and beneficial to them.
These demands should likewise
be carried to the office of
the Dean of Students, but they
should originate with and be
the vital concern of the students.
He then moved on to prob
lems with the food services
which, almost every student
"feels” every day. Again it
was suggested that the food is
not the best, but then again it
is not the worst for a school
of this size. The administra
tion is trying, but as in every
thing else funds are a prob-
SEE WILDE
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Dear sir:
Concerning “The Other Side”,
the peace movement, and hippy
and his trappings in general:
A little ink more or less
It surely can’t matter?
Even the sky and the opu
lent sea.
The plains and hills aloof
Hear the uproar of all their
books.
But it is only a little ink
more or less.
What?
You define me God with
these trinkets.
Can my misery mealnor
an ordered walking
Of surpliced numbskulls?
And a fanfare of lights?
Or even upon the measured
pulpitings
Of the familiar false and
true?
Is this God?
Where, then, is Hell?
Show me some bastard
mushroom
Sprung from a pollution of
blood.
It is better.
'■'where is God? *
1899 Stephen Crane
A Nauseated Alumnus
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