NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
U. s. POSTAGI
PAID
Panait Na 217
Reeky Mount, N. C
Non-Profit Organization
VOL. X NO. 1 5
JANUARY 18, 1969
SEATING RISERS COLLAPSE
Shortly before the
opening curtain of the Na
tional Players’ perform
ance of "Midsummer
Night’s Dream” January
6, risers on which the au
dience was seated in Wes-
leyan’s Everette Gymna
sium collapsed.
Workers who installed
the risers the night be
fore the performance said
that it was fortunate that
they collapsed all toge
ther so that none of the
audience was injured in
the falling lumber , The
workers said that the
risers were so old that
the screw which secured
the platforms no longer
held and that nothing could
have been done to make
the risers more stable
in view of their age.
College officials who
investigated the accident
determined that none of
the audience
ed, and the
none
was injur-
performance
went on as scheduled with
the audience sitting in
chairs set up on the floor
of Everette Gymnasium.
A worker who had set
up the risers estimated
that the cost to the col
lege of setting up and tak
ing down the risers for
each such performance
was at least $40.00. How
ever undependable and
costly the risers are, he
said, they are all that the
college has at present.
Ed Tippett Charged
On Hash Possession
Service
Division
Renamed
The Southern Univer
sities Student Govern
ment Association (SUS
GA) has renamed and re
vised the activities of its
oldest existing service a-
rea.
This ai'ea formerly
known as Entertainment
will be re-titled Divi
sion for Performing and
Creative Arts and re
structured to include all
areas, such as films,lec
ture, theater, and popu
lar and classical enter
tainment.
Heading the division
will be H. L. ‘Lindy’ Mar
tin, Director of Auxiliary
Services at Samford Un
iversity in Birmingham.
Martin was head of the
SUSGA Entertainment di
vision until the re-struc
turing.
This area SUSGA exists
as a service and infor
mation exchange between
the schools. It makes no
effort to recommend or
book attractions, but,
simply informs member
schools of availabilities.
Journalism Scholarships
Given by Newspaper Fund
Forty-five college stu
dents have been selected
by The Newspaper Fund
to participate in the
second annual editing in
tern program. Each stu
dent will receive a $500
scholarship after working
eight weeks next summer
as a copy editor for one
of 45 participating news
papers.
Faculty advisers to
student publications,
heads of college news bu
reaus and journalism de
partment chairmen nom
inated more than 80 of
their top students for the
internships. The selec
tion was made by The
Newspaper Fund direct
ors,
A three-week inten
sive indoctrination in
June will precede the as
signment to the newspa
pers where the interns
will work the rest of the
summer. The editing
courses are placed at
Temple University, Phil
adelphia; the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln; and
the University of Nevada,
Reno,
The $500' Newspaper
Fund scholarship will be
awarded to the interns.
most of whom are college
juniors, after their sum
mer of work.
“The lack of interest
in editing careers is
something that concerns
us greatly,” said William
F. Kerby, president of
The Wall Street Journal,
which underwrites The
Newspaper Fund journa
lism recruiting program.
Paul Swensson, former
executive director of The
Newspaper Fund, said
talented young copy edi
tors "will be needed more
and more by newspapers,
especially during the
1970s. Editors of large,
medium and small-sized
newspapers agree that
there is a shortage of
Ed Tippett, a former
Wesleyan student, was
arrested January 6 by
Chapel Hill police on
charges of possession of
hash, a concentrated form
of marijuana. According
to a police spokesman,
an investigation had been
going on for some time
prior to the arrest. Tip
pett was with a Chapel
Hill student at the time
of his arrest; the other
student was also arrest
ed on similar charges.
According to informa
tion received by the Rocky
Mount' "Evening Tele
gram,” Tippett was re
leased on bail January 8,
Tippett, who until De
cember 1968 was a spe
cial student at Wesleyan,
was known on campus for
"The Other Side, ” an
underground paper which
he edited. He also had
parts in several plays
produced by the Wesley
an College Theatre,
As a special student
at Wesleyan, Tippett took
fewer than the normal
number of courses each
semester and lived off
campus,
Tippett, who had play
ed Pontius Pilate in the
Wesleyan College Thea
tre’s production of “The
Chinese Wall,” had taken
part in the boycott last
fall of some Rocky Mount
merchants who were al
leged to have had unfair
employment practices.
He had also led a student
response to President
Collins’ proclamation on
demonstrations,
A veteran of the U. S,
Navy, Tippett entered
Wesleyan in the spring of
1968.
Tippett’s home is in
Portsmouth, Virginia,and
he had a Willow Street
address in Rocky Mount.
talent for editing roles.”
Since 1960 The News
paper Fund has given
$421,000 in scholarships
to 895 young men and wo
men. In addition to schol
arship aid. The Fund also
operates a clearinghouse
of journalism career in
formation and sponsors
workshops for high school
journalism teachers and
publication advisers. The
Fund is supported by Dow
Jones and Co., publisher
of The Wall Street Jour
nal, The National Obser
ver, and Barrens National
Business and Financial
Weekly.
Minimester Tours
Include Fr. Eng.Mex»
ONE-ACTS
FOR JAN.
Rehearsals are now in
full swing for the one-act
plays which will be pre
sented in Weslej^an’s Ex
perimental Theater on
Friday and Saturday,Jan-
^^ry 31st and February
Ann Douglas, Barbara
rown, and Bryan Stearns
nave been chosen by Mr.
ingman to direct these
plays in partial fulfill
ment of special course
projects in directing.
Most Wesleyan stu
dents do not realize that
“ley can participate in
production work, includ
ing directing and acting.
SLATED
31,Feb.1
for academic credit un
der Theatre 80, Group
Studies, or Theatre Lab.
Ann will direct "Ce-
::ile” by Jean Anouilh,
Barbara will be direct
ing Tennessee William’s
“Portrait Of A Madon
na,” and George Bernard
Shaw’s "Overruled” will
be directed by Bryan,
Since the theme of all
three plays is love, the
three directors have ap
propriately entitled their
program, "An Evening Of
Love.” Tickets at $,50
each will go on sale in
the Bookstore on Wed
nesday, January 22.
During the May term,
several students will be
touring European coun
tries, Two of these min
imester projects include
tours of France and Brit
ain.
The tour of France is
coordinated by Mr. Jack
Hearing Set
For Feb. 3rd
A third continuance was
granted January 8 in the
preliminary hearing in
the cases of Jeff Shelton,
Herb Hall, Bob Canon,
Rick Laws, and Bruce
Harris, all of whom are
charged with possession
of marijuana.
The hearings, held in
Rocky Mount District
Court, are to determine
whether or not there is
enough evidence in the
cases to have them bound
over to Superior Court in
Nashville.
The next hearing, ac
cording to a Wesleyan
spokesman, will be Feb
ruary 3.
Price and Mrs. Jean
Mann. Tenatively, the
tour will begin April 28
when the group will leave
New York by Sabina Jet
for Brussels.
After a tour of Brus
sels the following day,the
group will go to Paris,
During the morning of
April 30, there will be
an orientation tour of
Paris, followed by an af
ternoon visit to the Louv
re Museum with a special
guide. The tourists will
spend the evening in a
driving tour to Montmar
tre with a walking tour
through the streets and
square.
The next two days will
be spent in full-day ex
cursions of St. Denise,
Chantilly, Versailles,and
Chartres, While enroute
to Tours the next day, the
group will visit Cham-
berd, Azay-le-Rideau,
and other chateaux. After
an over night stay in
Tours, the group will
make further visits to
other chateaux before it
proceeds to a porcelain
factory in Limoges.
Monday, May 5, the
group will visit prehis -
toric caves before con
tinuing to Roc Amadour
for a visit, and Cahors
before arrival in Tou
louse for overnight stay.
The next two'days will
be spent in touring of
Toulouse, Carcassonne,
Narbonne, and Nimes,
Beginning on Thurs
day, the group will visit
Marseilles, Toulon, Nice
and other cities along the
scenic coastal route of
southern France, From
Nice there will be a spe
cial sightseeing tour of
St, Raphael and Juan les
Pins followed by an after
noon excursion to Monte
Carolo via the Grande
Corniche Route before the
return to Nice for an
overnight stay.
Saturday, May 10, the
group will depart via a
scenic inland route in
cluding Brignoles and
Aix-en-Provence. Dinner
will be served in Avig-
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