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VOL. X NO. 13
DECEMBER 13, 1968
Wesleyan’s
Who’s Who
Twelve students from
Wesleyan have been
named for the 1968 edition
of Who’s Who in Ameri
can Universities and Col
leges, which lists the
country’s most outstand
ing campus leaders.
Wesleyan students
named this year are:
Glenn Cockrell, Dana
Dickens, Bill Fray, Char
les Kemp, Daniel Lea,
Ray Martin, Richard
Monk, James L. Policy,
John Porter, Mary Ronan,
Marilyn Schoon, and Ed
Smitho
Each campus selects
its own students from
nominations submitted
from the whole student
body, faculty, admin
istrative staff, and the
Dean of Students. Qual
ifications for nomination
include academic achi
evement, service to the
community, leadership in
extracurricular activ
ities, and future potential.
At Wesleyan the Student
Life and Services Com
mittee, which is involved
in all areas of student af
fairs and is composed of
faculty members, stud
ents and staff, partici
pated in screening the
nominees.
Financial Policy
Announced By S6A
SGA President
Blackman
Jess
NatH Players
Coming Jan. 6
THE COURSE OF TRUE
LOVE NEVER DID RUN
SMOOTH”
A famous line from a
famous play - Shake
speare’s A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM. The
popular comedy classic
will be presented here by
NATIONAL PLAYERS of
Washington, D. C. under
the sponsorship of the
Performing Arts Series,
Jan. 6 at 8:15 p.m. in
Everett Gymnasium.
In the scene above,
Kathleen Klein asHermia
is restrained from at
tacking her romantic ri
val, Helena. Apparently
it requires two stalwart
young men to hold her
back - Lysander (William
Watson, left) and Deme
trius (Michael E. Evans,
right). The romantic en
tanglement of the four
young people provides
high humor in a play that
is rich with comic char
acters and situations.
The visit of NATIONAL
PLAYERS is part of an
eight-month tour made
every year by this ex
traordinary troupe. They
are now celebrating their
20th consecutive year on
the road, ranking them as
the foremost of all tour
ing companies playing to
day. The shows are com
pletely mounted, cos
tumed and designed at
their home base in Wash
ington, D. C.
Members of the National Players act out a scene from
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The
troupe will be appearing at Wesleyan in the Shake
spearian comedy on January 6.
Mizelle Announces
1969European Jaunt
Tremendous, unique,
fantastic, thrilling are
just a few words which
could be used by a group
of friends to describe
their three-week camping
trip in Europe,Such a trip
was taken last summer by
a group of students, most
of whom attended Wesley
an. with the Vance
Mizelles. Again this year,
a group of 25 to 30 people
nave the opportunity to fly
to Europe for a camping
tour.
The
plane will leave
New York on August 1 and
will arrive in Munich,
Germany the following
morning. Traveling by
bus, the group will begin
its tour here. It will ex
tend through Austria and
then to Italy. After the
stay in Munich, Germany,
the group will move to
Salizburg in Austria and
visit Florence, Venice,
and Rome in Italy.
In addition, excursions
will be made to other
places.
The $600 to $650 cost
includes the round trip jet
airline flight from New
York to Europe and from
Europe back to New York,
transportation on the con-
intent, two meals a day all
of which will be served
superbly in the hotels and
restaurants, all camping
gear, admission for pre
arranged tours, campsite
fees, and baggage and
portage fees at airports.
Jess Blackman, Presi
dent of the Wesleyan SGA,
recently made public the
following policy state
ment concerning the use
of revenue from the SGA
pool tables:
“In order for our stud
ent body to function as a
group, I feel that it is
necessary for each in
dividual to be informed as
to what the Student Gov
ernment is doing. Pres
ently we have committed
ourselves concerning the
income from the pool ta
bles in the Student Union.
It is the history of this
situation and my reason
ing concerning it of which
I would like for you to be
aware.
“This year’s Student
Activities fund is $20,625,
of which we are directly
responsible for the ad
ministration of$7,375. Of
this amount, $1,500 is the
budget for the Association
itself. (The remaining
amount is budgeted to the
Commissions, Athletic,
Social, Interfaith, Orien
tation, etc., and to the
DECREE and DISSEN
TER.) Last year’s budget
for the SGA was $600
plus $1,800 in a miscella
neous fund.
“The $1,800 was set up
as a budget item as the
income from the 2 1/2
months the pool tables
were in operation in the
spring of 1966. During
these months it was esti
mated that the pool tables
took in approximately
$200 per week. This fig
ure times the 9 months
of school yields the $1,800
in the budget. The agree
ment at the time was to
adjust the amount each
year so that the SGA would
get the money over that
amount the following year
or have any money less
than that amount taken
away from the total.
“The reason for han
dling the money through
the Business Office’s ac
counts was to prevent any
problems with the SGA’s
operating a profit-making
enterprise and becoming
liable to tax problems.
This agreement, as best
I can discern, was accept
able to all persons in
volved - Dr. Collins; the
Comptroller, Mr. Smith;
Mel Gay, the then Presi
dent of the SGA; and also
to the Thorpe Music Com
pany representative.
“As it turns out, the
proceeds are deposited to
the college’s vending ma
chine fund and are not
returned to Student Gov
ernment in any way. As
a matter of fact, the SGA
Budget was cut from
$2,400 last year to
$1,500 this year, while
the pool tables netted a-
round $5,000 in last
year’s operations.
The checks are sent to
the SGA Treasurer each
month and are then signed
over to the Business
Office, I have not felt that
this was in keeping with
the agreement made with
the SGA officials who,
with Dean Wilde’s help,
were solely responsible
for the installation of the
tables.
“I am aware of the fi
nancial problems of the
College at this time, and
I wish to do nothing det
rimental to its financial
stability. I do not, how
ever, feel that we as stud
ents should bear the brunt
of the limiting cutbacks
in ^ budgets. I have
talked with many college
officials concerning some
of our complaints - those
of my own and those
pointed out by you. In
light of the lack of action
taken on these matters,
I have instructed A1
Horne, the SGA Treas
urer, to deposit this
month’s check from
Thorpe Music Co. and all
others sent to us to the
SGA Account. If this is
refused by the Business
Office, he has been in
structed to open an ac
count downtown at one of
the local banks. This
money will not be spent
until we are sure of how
we stand legally, but it
will still be under our
control.
“My proposal for the
use of this money is one
which could keep the
money in the college. It
would not be used for so
cial affairs, etc., but
rather for improvement
of the living conditions
for the students. It would
be available on a matching
basis for improvement of
the dormitory lounges and
for the Student Union,
“My own feeling is not
so much a rebellion
against the Business Of
fice for not giving us the
fnoney as was originally
agreed. Rather, I feel
that it could be used ef
fectively to deal with
problems in student serv
ices. Why does it take
so long to get repairs on
a piece of equipment? (An
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